On 3/6/09, K. Peachey p858snake@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Yes, but why *that* picture of Jimmy?
I would say that BBC gets all their photos though Getty Images, and thats just the image that they had on file when BBC first wanted one so that became their file photo for jimbo and has never updated it.
BBC News online has always preferred to use wierd/odd pictures to ordinary looking ones. If it's someone for whom there are a lot of images, they will always use the one taken mid-grimace, or when they were wearing a silly hat, or when someone in a gorilla suit was behind them.