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Is it my imagination or bias, or did the NYT perhaps choose creepy-looking photos for Wenig and Wymer? But they look resting-crazy-face nuts to me. Who would hi

Is it my imagination or bias, or did the NYT perhaps choose creepy-looking photos for Wenig and Wymer? But they look resting-crazy-face nuts to me. Who would hire people like that or work with them after such a scandal?

colejohnson66 6y ago
It’s a common journalist thing to find pictures that depict your subject in the light you want to. Left leaning sites writing about Trump will show not-so-appealing photos while right leaning sites writing about Pelosi will also show not-so-appealing photos. But flip the script and you get more appealing photos. It’s not always intentional, but it’s pretty obvious sometimes.
- darkerside 6y ago
  If nothing else, it's likely that a Fox editor would pull an unflattering Trump photo and vice versa. It's hard to imagine an intentional process for making the other side look bad (can you imagine a meeting where that is decided?), but what I described is an organic way in which a systemic process could arise.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    I don’t know how it would come about, but on Ars Technica’a articles about the Republican Party, they use pretty unflattering photos, and I’ve seen many articles from conservative sites using unflattering photos of Democrats.
    - darkerside 6y ago
      I'm talking about reputable mainstream sites, which seem to at least maintain a guise of plausible deniability
- rendall 6y ago
  Yes, and I am probably a bit emotional given the infuriating article, which is affecting how I perceive those pictures
gruez 6y ago
>Is it my imagination or bias, or did the NYT perhaps choose creepy-looking photos for Wenig and Wymer? Seems like it's your imagination. Those look like pretty normal photos to me.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
Your perception of their portraits is just anchored by the content of the article. Be wary of being so easily manipulated. Pretty boring pictures of two people.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect
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colejohnson66 6y ago

It’s a common journalist thing to find pictures that depict your subject in the light you want to. Left leaning sites writing about Trump will show not-so-appealing photos while right leaning sites writing about Pelosi will also show not-so-appealing photos. But flip the script and you get more appealing photos. It’s not always intentional, but it’s pretty obvious sometimes.

darkerside 6y ago
If nothing else, it's likely that a Fox editor would pull an unflattering Trump photo and vice versa. It's hard to imagine an intentional process for making the other side look bad (can you imagine a meeting where that is decided?), but what I described is an organic way in which a systemic process could arise.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  I don’t know how it would come about, but on Ars Technica’a articles about the Republican Party, they use pretty unflattering photos, and I’ve seen many articles from conservative sites using unflattering photos of Democrats.
  - darkerside 6y ago
    I'm talking about reputable mainstream sites, which seem to at least maintain a guise of plausible deniability
rendall 6y ago
Yes, and I am probably a bit emotional given the infuriating article, which is affecting how I perceive those pictures

gruez 6y ago

>Is it my imagination or bias, or did the NYT perhaps choose creepy-looking photos for Wenig and Wymer? Seems like it's your imagination. Those look like pretty normal photos to me.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

Your perception of their portraits is just anchored by the content of the article. Be wary of being so easily manipulated. Pretty boring pictures of two people.

082349872349872 6y ago
Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect
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