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There was a very high profile case of this when Jill Greenberg bragged about intentionally duping John McCain into standing in unflattering light during a shoot for a profile piece in the Atlantic during his presidential campaign. She lit him from below with hard light to look old and and creepy. His team was clearly not that media savvy.
The atalantic disavowed her actions and I think apologized.
There's an old trick relating to this; if you want someone to look foolish use a picture with their mouth wide open. If you want then to look dignified, use a picture with their mouth closed or smiling.
You sure?
His supporters think that's a good look.
This face always makes me think of a kid who just shit himself and he’s so proud that he made a poopy.
relax guy!
I mean, some people can't be helped.
Grinch Trump Lol
The reverse is true of pictures of sports folk, who are almost always pictured with their mouths open in celebration.
There used to be a saying here (UK) along the lines of "the back page of a newspaper always has a picture of a man with his mouth open" and that's why. Sports at the back. Almost always men's sports. Main picture was usually some leading point scorer celebrating.
But what if that person is bad and stupid? Is anti-Trump news "biased"? To me (and most of the world) it's just common sense.
Biased towards reality.
Reality has a left bias.
Anti-anything in journalism is still bias, even if you think it’s common sense. Bias just means the outlet has a consistent slant or preference - it doesn’t automatically make them wrong.
That’s why it’s useful to notice bias. If Fox News and the New York Times - outlets with very different biases - both criticize Trump for the same thing, that convergence makes the criticism harder to dismiss. Recognizing bias doesn’t mean ignoring the point; it helps you weigh it more accurately.
I think the point was more along the lines of "what if the person you're reporting on always looks bad, do you need to go out of your way to achieve 'balance?'"
That's definitely part of what I meant. A mistake (not only in my opinion) many European media outlets made wrt far-right populism.
Then represent the person like that, but not worse.
Plenty of people in history is presented as pure bad, but reality is more complex.
For example, we know Adolf Hitler as one of the worst people in history (at least here where I live). But he did a lot of good for Germany. At the time, this is what he was known for, and that is why he was popular enough to be democratically elected.
But if we only know him as a purely bad person, we will not recognize the next Hitler before it's too late. We will see a person doing good stuff, but with signs that too many people will ignore.
There's also the idea that when you do good, you deserve to be recognized for that, no matter what else you've done. Not just because it's the right thing to do, but also to encourage more of that.
