'Don't know what the hell he's talking about': Acosta on Fox News host 'I saw it on TV! ': Why Trump supporter says she believes election lie PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 16: President and CEO, Discovery, Inc. David Zaslav speaks onstage during the Discovery, Inc. TCA Winter Panel 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 16, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for Discovery, Inc.) Martin Bashir interviews Princess Diana in Kensington Palace for the BBC television program "Panorama" in 1995. Prince William slams BBC after report on methods used to secure Diana interview This is what CNN reporter was working on during period records were obtained secretly Reporter reacts to Chicago mayor only allowing interviews to people of color Conservative radio host says he was fired for anti-Trump views (CNN Business) — Christine Blasey Ford is on the cover of this week’s Time magazine. But it’s not a photograph of Ford; it’s an illustration of the words and phrases from her testimony arranged into a striking image of her taking an oath. Last week, Ford detailed her sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh in a televised Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that drew millions of viewers. San Francisco-based artist John Mavroudis illustrated the cover. He drew each letter and phrase by hand. He told Time the process was like a jigsaw puzzle with an “infinite number of possibilities.” “The memory quotes would be attached to her forehead area, and the quotes about wanting to help I placed on her hand. The hand could be seen as welcoming, but also deflecting,” Mavroudis told Time. Phrases on her forehead include: “I’m terrified,” “agonized daily” and “seared into my memory.” On her hand, Mavroudis included “traumatic experience,” “personal attacks and invasion of privacy” and “constant harassment and death threats.” This week's cover of @TIME: Using words and phrases from Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, artist John Mavroudis (@zenpopart) "recreated her likeness by drawing each letter by hand." pic.twitter.com/f9c6CNEZtR — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 4, 2018 “It’s a fascinating process to watch the face take shape, while hoping that you’ve captured the essence,” he said. Time’s covers have depicted the Trump administration searingly, cataloging the chaos that has ensnared it. For example, it has released three related covers illustrating Trump drowning in the Oval Office.<doc-sep>Today’s Headlines The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy<doc-sep>San Francisco-based artist John Mavroudis had a sense the cover illustration he just produced for Time magazine might turn into the most prominent and controversial work of his career. After all, Mavroudis had inserted himself into the heated national debate about Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, using her own words from last Thursday’s Senate testimony to draw a powerful image of her face and right hand. What Mavroudis wasn’t ready for was an email he received Thursday morning from a person he doesn’t know. It was a woman who the night before had a dinner-table conversation with her husband, who questioned Ford’s credibility because she had waited decades to come forth with her story. It was at that moment the woman revealed to her husband for the first time that she’d also been sexually assaulted several years ago in her youth. The email shook up Mavroudis and put into perspective for him the value of a discussion that has gripped the nation. “In a very bad situation, that’s one of the best things since Christine Blasey Ford’s case has come to light, the fact other women are feeling free to tell their stories,’’ Mavroudis said. “I was on the BART train coming into work when I read it and I was like, ‘Oh my God.’’’ The online reaction to Mavroudis’ striking typographical portrait, which depicts Ford with her eyes closed and her right hand raised as she’s being sworn to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been predictably mixed. More:Decades of research don't lie: Christine Blasey Ford is more credible than Brett Kavanaugh At a time of extreme political polarization, Time’s posting of its latest cover had drawn more than 238,000 views on Twitter and 150,000 on Instagram by Thursday night. The list of comments included this one: “Dr. Ford is a complete joke, and Time Magazine let me tell ya … You’re an even bigger joke,’’ from a user with the handle curransotomayor, and this one, “Congrats to @Time magazine for putting Christine Blasey Ford on their cover,’’ from jgibsondem. Mavroudis himself had gotten more than 900 notifications on his Twitter feed, but was too busy to check them. He had received his first assignment from Time on Monday afternoon and asked to turn in the illustration by Wednesday, which prompted him to switch days off at his job as a graphic designer and work nearly overnight. He and the magazine’s editors picked some of the more memorable comments from Ford’s testimony, making a point to avoid her more graphic or accusatory language about Kavanaugh and his high school friend, Mark Judge, the third person Ford said was in the room the night she was assaulted. “I think it speaks to a moment in our country’s history. I’m conscious of that when I’m doing it,’’ Mavroudis said. “We wanted the focus to be on the trauma of whatever she went through and the courage it took for her to come up there.’’ Mavroudis, 56, referred to the process of creating the portrait as similar to putting together a jigsaw puzzle. He had used the same technique for a previous illustration of Donald Trump – which ran on the cover of The Nation magazine – and another one of Hillary Clinton, but neither attracted this kind of attention. For the Time cover, Mavroudis based the portrait on one of the photos of Ford taking the oath. He chose the picture with her eyes closed because it struck him as more iconic, almost as if she were praying. The message the illustration tries to convey is distinctly apolitical: “Just listen to what she’s saying. Hear her out,’’ Mavroudis said. “We can get back to the business of yelling at each other later. Please pay attention to her now.’’<doc-sep>
Her face has come to represent the anguish of sexual assault victims everywhere, as well as the deeply polarized politics that divide this country. On Thursday, Time magazine put Christine Blasey Ford’s face on its cover for the Oct. 15 issue in a powerful, unusual way – not with a photograph but through an artist’s depiction using words from her Senate testimony last week to shape the image. Phrases like “the laughter,’’ “one hundred percent’’ and “seared into my memory’’ help form the overall picture of Ford, her eyes closed and her right hand raised, getting sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday to address her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. The illustration, accompanied by the words, “Her lasting impact,’’ is the work of San Francisco-based artist John Mavroudis, who said he placed the quotes related to Ford’s memory on her forehead and the ones about her decision to speak out about the alleged assault on her hand. “This particular process is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together, but with an infinite number of possibilities,’’ Mavroudis told Time. “I started with an image of Ford and then drew the words in where they might be appropriate. … It’s a fascinating process to watch the face take shape, while hoping that you’ve captured the essence.” Ford’s testimony has been the source of intense scrutiny as Republicans and Democrats debate its impact on Kavanaugh’s nomination. The Senate received an FBI report of its investigation of accusations against Kavanaugh by Ford and other women early Thursday morning and is expected to vote on his confirmation this weekend. The Time cover story delves into the impact Ford’s allegation, the hearing that included her and Kavanaugh and the aftermath of the events will have on the country. The magazine said this was only the second time it has used typography to create an image for a cover. The first one, also on an Oct. 15 issue, depicted portraits made up of quotes from President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign.