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shakran · 11-05-2008, 07:11 AM

A comparison of headlines, with the accompanying top-fold pictures:

MSNBC:
HOW HE DID IT (rotating slideshow of happy voters that I can't paste here)

CNN:
"This is your victory"

Washington Post:
"CHANGE HAS COME"

USA Today:
"With Obama win, America changes course"

Fox News:

Fox news is pathetic. Noting that the editorial decision was "Let's put 'a world of trouble' in big bold letters next to his picture" is almost amusing until you realize these jokers are actually calling themselves fair and balanced journalists.

Note the photographic techniques. They stuck him on the side of the picture, facing the side. No noseroom. Makes the picture less open, especially since we are accustomed to seeing people facing the opposite edge of photos. They made sure to catch him when he wasn't smiling, and in fact looks annoyed. (must've had to spend a long time going through frames to find that one.) They placed a blurred, almost gollum looking picture of him behind the words. Little tricks like this all serve to give you the visual perception that this guy is shifty and unpleasant.

JBX · 11-05-2008, 07:14 AM

Amaras · 11-05-2008, 07:18 AM

As I posted elsewhere, admittedly under the influence of my med's, countdown to
attacks on Obama's Presidency start in 5,4,3,2,1 HERE YOU GO!
Nice post.

Poppinjay · 11-05-2008, 07:31 AM

How long 'til the "Don't Blame Me, I voted For McCain" stickers come out?

I'm betting 1.20.2009

Glory's Sun · 11-05-2008, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppinjay

How long 'til the "Don't Blame Me, I voted For McCain" stickers come out?

I'm betting 1.20.2009

I'm betting sooner than that. The republican party is in shambles. They have no clear definition anymore.

Shakran: I noticed the same things you did, and saw even more of the same in the ad campaigns that were spreading like wildfire in the last ditch efforts of the past week. I wonder if people who aren't in the media notice these things or the subliminal effect really does have an impact.

Derwood · 11-05-2008, 08:45 AM

just for fun, I flipped over to Fox News at about midnight last night. It was like a funeral

BadNick · 11-05-2008, 11:08 AM

TV "news" is almost 100% cheap show biz. Every TV channel I tried to watch got me pissed off with all the theatrics and cheap, fabricated drama, especially with their "upcoming revelation right after this commercial break". I just turned the TV off and watched the little voting progress map on NPR online...not that they're unbiased, but at least I can be selective of what I read including pros and cons on any issue.

mrklixx · 11-05-2008, 09:14 PM

Klixx World Newz an Stuff:

11-05-2008, 07:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	A comparison of headlines: A comparison of headlines, with the accompanying top-fold pictures: MSNBC: HOW HE DID IT (rotating slideshow of happy voters that I can't paste here) CNN: "This is your victory" Washington Post: "CHANGE HAS COME" USA Today: "With Obama win, America changes course" Fox News: Fox news is pathetic. Noting that the editorial decision was "Let's put 'a world of trouble' in big bold letters next to his picture" is almost amusing until you realize these jokers are actually calling themselves fair and balanced journalists. Note the photographic techniques. They stuck him on the side of the picture, facing the side. No noseroom. Makes the picture less open, especially since we are accustomed to seeing people facing the opposite edge of photos. They made sure to catch him when he wasn't smiling, and in fact looks annoyed. (must've had to spend a long time going through frames to find that one.) They placed a blurred, almost gollum looking picture of him behind the words. Little tricks like this all serve to give you the visual perception that this guy is shifty and unpleasant. Last edited by Halx; 11-05-2008 at 08:04 AM..

11-05-2008, 07:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
JBX Unfair and Imbalanced Location: Upstate, NY	Last edited by JBX; 11-05-2008 at 07:17 AM..

11-05-2008, 07:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Amaras Junkie Location: At my daughter's beck and call.	As I posted elsewhere, admittedly under the influence of my med's, countdown to attacks on Obama's Presidency start in 5,4,3,2,1 HERE YOU GO! Nice post. __________________ Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. -Noam Chomsky Love is a verb, not a noun. -My Mom The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. -Louis Aragon, "La Porte-plume," Traite du style, 1928

11-05-2008, 07:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	How long 'til the "Don't Blame Me, I voted For McCain" stickers come out? I'm betting 1.20.2009 __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

11-05-2008, 09:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
mrklixx President Rick Location: location location	Klixx World Newz an Stuff: __________________ This post is content. If you don't like it then you are not content. Or perhaps just incontinent. This is not a link - Do not click here I hate animated avatars.

11-05-2008, 08:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	just for fun, I flipped over to Fox News at about midnight last night. It was like a funeral

11-05-2008, 11:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	TV "news" is almost 100% cheap show biz. Every TV channel I tried to watch got me pissed off with all the theatrics and cheap, fabricated drama, especially with their "upcoming revelation right after this commercial break". I just turned the TV off and watched the little voting progress map on NPR online...not that they're unbiased, but at least I can be selective of what I read including pros and cons on any issue.