The White House excluded former president George W. Bush from the official photo of last Saturday 's march through Selma to commemorate Bloody Sunday . The original photo is a wide shot of crowds walking on Edmund Pettus Bridge led by Barack , Michelle , Malia and Sasha Obama , as well as Georgia Rep. John Lewis , Al Sharpton , Bush and his wife , former First Lady Laura . However , in a move that incensed Republicans , the administration 's blog post documenting the historic occasion omitted the former President , with a sharper , close up picture that showed only the Obamas and the crowds behind . Scroll down for video . Original : The current president ( center ) and former president ( right ) are seen marching together with the backdrop of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge and thousands of people in Selma on Saturday . Cropped version : This is the image as it appeared on the White House blog , omitting the Bush family . While the caption acknowledges their attendance , many questioned the reasoned to whittle down the image . The New York Times also ran the cropped image . 'This is a stunning example of media bias , ' raged Deneen Borelli , director of FreedomWorks and a regular Fox News contributor . Analysts suggest it could have been a case of poor planning that saw the presidents separated . Here the First Couple and former First Couple are pictured sitting together at the ceremony . One Twitter user said : 'NYT creates propaganda to fit the narrative , and White House follows suit . Both pretend George Bush was n't at Selma . ' Another said : 'Letting him be seen would destroy the liberal narrative . ' However , a public relations analyst who worked with the Clinton administration , Basil Smikle Jr , told Fox News poor planning could have been to blame . He said : 'Both presidents should have been close together . '
White House blog featured picture of historic march without Bush family . He was on the front row leading march on Sunday with his wife , the First family , John Lewis and Al Sharpton . Prompted criticism for 'pretending George Bush was n't at Selma '