Okay, that's pretty darned funny......whoopsie!
Green Screen Mystery Solved
by Scout Finch
Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 09:15:38 AM PDT
A lot of RNCC viewers were perplexed last night when McCain appeared from the light of the Obama logo, strolled to the podium, and began his lackluster speech before an enormous green screen. We'd seen that lime green screen before and thought McGrinch had learned his lesson -- it was not a good look for McCain and was widely panned by pundits and the public alike. So, why would he choose that hideous background for the biggest speech of his very long political career?
It turns out the green screen was only part of the story. The close-up at the podium made it appear to be a giant green screen, but the arena audience was treated to a much different image. Hat tip to Talking Points Memo for the image:
Aaahhhhhh....much different. McCain standing in front of a grand building, not a green screen. And what building could possibly deserve such a prominent role as the main backdrop of McCain's nomination speech? According to TPM readers, it is Walter Reed. As in Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California.
Wait, what? Did they mean to have an image of Walter Reed Medical Center? Ouch. If only they were a little better at "the google", they might have recognized their mistake. Here is the Walter Reed Medical Center:
Rest of the article is here.
You know though, it occurs to me that even if they had gotten the right picture, they might not have used it. There are, *gasp*, COLUMNS. OMG! Then again, knowing their relentless hypocrisy, maybe they would have. ;)