Picture This
Some believe if you closely examine the photos a paper runs you can tell what the editors secretly believe. The politicians they like look noble and those they don't like look like doofuses, according to this theory.
I have better things to do than submit each picture to such scrutiny, but yesterday's front page shots in the LA Times just jumped out at me. (Sorry the photos I discuss don't seem to be on the Times webpage.)
There were the four top finishers in the Republican Florida primary. On top was John McCain with 36%. He had a broad smile, almost a laugh. Underneath, Mitt Romney at 31%, looking pleasant, with a tentative smile. Below, Rudy Giuliani with only 15%, looking down and frowning. At the bottom, Mike Huckabee at 13% (glancing to side where the number is) looking depressed.
Coincidence?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:24 AM
2 Comments:
This is really a different matter. Sounds like they were choosing the photos to best illustrate the results. But the hypothesis is true. The photo selection is often left to the youngest staff members who often have an agenda, or at least a anti-authoritarian bent and the editors are very busy.
Still, people who look for secret messages can always find them, much to the amusement (or is it annoyance) of the original creators.
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