Yesterday I blogged about Friday's protest by Tea Party protesters, saying they were sick of being ignored by the mainstream media. The article was accompanied by this photo:

Today we got this email:

Date: October 20, 2009 7:44:52 AM PDT
To: news@portlandmercury.com
Subject: Request for Matt Davis

Hi, Matt. I attended the rally Friday (Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?), and appear in the top photo of the online article. Would it be possible for you to change the photo to one that does not include me? At least so prominently? Thank you.

Is it just me who's noticing the irony, here?