• WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I’m saying that you posted two articles as proof while calling out the article linked here that had a cropped photo of something that happened in the older article you linked.

    I am pointing out that this photo:

    And this photo/video:

    …are different. Similar, yes, but different. The second is what was cropped for the originally linked article.

    I don’t understand what is fucky about the media choosing photos they want for whatever clicks or emotions they want to evoke. This is how it always works.

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      13 days ago

      Imagine if you will a scenario in which a photographer, taking more than one picture of an event in time. And then stretch that imagination a little further that said photographer could release some photos in 2019 and then other photos from the same event 6 years later. Then imagine, just for shits and giggles, that a president has a team of people who are managing public perception.

      Just so we’re clear my point is it’s weird, not proof of anything, just really fuckin weird considering this guy’s history.

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        13 days ago

        I understand what you’re saying, but I just don’t think it’s that weird.

        The photo in the original says “White House Press Pool” attribution underneath it. I think they just chose a photo without thinking much about it because that’s what the White House released. 🤷‍♂️