When President George H.W. Bush visited the National Grocer’s Association trade exhibition in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 4, 1992, he said he was “amazed” by some of the technology. A New York Times front-page story about the event, headlined "Bush Encounters the Supermarket, Amazed,” reported that the president marveled at the gadgets in a checkout lane as if he hadn’t set foot in a supermarket in years. In fact, Bush had been inspecting newer, more-impressive technology that could read shredded barcodes and weigh groceries, and the New York Times reporter apparently had not even attended the Orlando event. But the damage was done; the story and this photo ricocheted through the media, reinforcing the president's image as a cloistered Washington insider. This caption has been updated.

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