C J Campbell wrote:

Well then, since you don't think Time was trying to incite anti GA hysteria
by implying that small airplanes could credibly be used to attack nuclear
power plants,

That's a super sensitive outlook. It was just a picture of a friendly GA
field. It's an accurate picture, there was no doctoring. Do you know of
anyone being incited by the picture? Perhaps we should censor pictures of
general aviation airports in the media? Time also wrote a highly
complimentary article about general aviation, which you conveniently forgot to
mention here.

perhaps you could tell us what the message of that ad was.

To get people to "Join the conversation." Looks like it did what it was
supposed to, right here on this newsgroup. If anything, it gives pilots the
opportunity to explain why such fears would be silly. When a mere photo is
attacked as some sort of inciting hysteria, that opportunity is lost.