Difference between revisions of "Photo bias"
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| − | *Time magazine's cover photo of [[Ann Coulter]], designed to make her look like a childish fool<ref>[http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43856 World Net Daily April 18, 2005]</ref> | + | *Time magazine's cover photo of [[Ann Coulter]], designed to make her look like a childish fool.<ref>[http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43856 World Net Daily April 18, 2005]</ref> |
*The [[New York Times]]'s photo (June 10, 2007) of a man with missing teeth to represent opponents of the pending federal immigration bill | *The [[New York Times]]'s photo (June 10, 2007) of a man with missing teeth to represent opponents of the pending federal immigration bill | ||
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*Photo of [[Donald Rumsfeld]] shaking hands with [[Saddam Hussein]] in 1983 while [[Ronald Reagan]]'s special envoy to the Middle East.<ref>http://www.marxist.com/saddam-hussein-execution-iraq050107.htm</ref> | *Photo of [[Donald Rumsfeld]] shaking hands with [[Saddam Hussein]] in 1983 while [[Ronald Reagan]]'s special envoy to the Middle East.<ref>http://www.marxist.com/saddam-hussein-execution-iraq050107.htm</ref> | ||
* Mark Crispin Miller's polemical book ''Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order''. The front cover of the first edition (published in 2005) presented Bush with a hostile facial expression.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Cruel-Unusual-Cheneys-World-Order/dp/0393326780/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3</ref> | * Mark Crispin Miller's polemical book ''Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order''. The front cover of the first edition (published in 2005) presented Bush with a hostile facial expression.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Cruel-Unusual-Cheneys-World-Order/dp/0393326780/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:00, September 2, 2012
Photo bias is a tactic of using an unflattering or menacing photo of a supporter of an opposing position to create a hostile impression in the reader.
Examples include:
- Time magazine's cover photo of Ann Coulter, designed to make her look like a childish fool.[1]
- The New York Times's photo (June 10, 2007) of a man with missing teeth to represent opponents of the pending federal immigration bill
- Photo of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein in 1983 while Ronald Reagan's special envoy to the Middle East.[2]
- Mark Crispin Miller's polemical book Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order. The front cover of the first edition (published in 2005) presented Bush with a hostile facial expression.[3]