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Colorblind at The New York Times

Blue Room, Green Room, what's the difference?
January 21, 2009

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In today’s New York Times, Deborah Needleman has an interesting, if sort of fluffy, column about how the Obamas should redecorate the White House. It’s called “Free the Blue Room.” But the accompanying picture?


Um, that’s the Green Room.


Hey, at least they didn’t run a photo of the Oval Office.

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Daniel Luzer is web editor of the Washington Monthly.