Someone Explain This, Please!

Mikaela says:
The Washington Post prominently displays this picture on its front page today.

With this caption:

A Bud for the Ladies: Wingman to the Rescue!
Jay Jentz, getting acquainted with Lindsey Hamilton, finds the plus-side of wingmanship. (Michael Williamson/Post)

On a day when the news is full of horrifying stories like these:

• U.S. Sends 1500 More Troops Into Iraq; Italy to Pull Out All Troops
• Record Number of Multiple Fatality Bombings Recorded in Iraq
• Over 50 Die in Series of Iraq Bombings
• Supreme Court Rules Against Gov’t Whistleblowers
• Senate Confirms Telecom Lobbyist to FCC
• GOP Official Involved in Phone-Jamming Scandal Released From Jail
• 600,000 Students Walk Out of Classes in Chile
• UN: 100,000 Displaced by Violence in East Timor
• Bush Nominates Henry Paulson to Become Treasury Secretary

I would think most of the above could be illustrated by some powerful photos. 600,000 students marching again in Chile? Chaos in Iraq? Even Mr. GOP now slapped on the wrist and going right back to work as though nothing had happened.

So what story are they telling with Mr. Wingman and his pitcher of bud? Who are they marketing to, and why is that the most important thing to take up real estate on their page?

Let me just come right out and say it's disgusting and insulting to me, to media, and to all the stories they fail by running that picture anywhere but ... well, anywhere.