Face Off: Clarkson v. Trump & The Worst Faces In Print

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain) 01/05/2016 at 09:00 • Filed to: None

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Have you ever noticed that the news always has the strangest pictures whenever there’s a “scandal”?

People love to talk about political slant and agenda but one of the more subtle ways of slanting a news story is actually through images - especially of faces. Your brain processes the face - especially the eyes - quite quickly. That’s an adaptation passed down to basically all mammals. What often goes overlooked is how the picture affects your feelings about the news itself.

If you want to do something that is a bit of a trip, take a political news program that you’ve never watched before and record it. Then play it back without video. Pay extra attention to the music that they choose. The inflection of the voice. It all adds up to a pretty mesmerizing piece of media on it’s own. Now go back and watch the video. Look at the colors - the reds (which are mean’t to grab your attention) and the faces - stop the DVR on the faces. Ask yourself - if I were a news producer and I chose this photo - what was going through my mind?

It’s amazing what you can miss while you’re concentrating - especially when you have or have been given a preconceived (like a headline) to focus on. Look no further than the Monkey Business Illusion to demonstrate how badly we are at picking up seemingly obvious details. It’s no wonder that the media can always pull one over on the public.

Faces matter. Whether you actively notice them or not - your brain does that processing. You’d be surprised how much processing your brain does - and how fast it does it - with eyes alone. In fact, you test it by taking the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! which shows you a set of eyes and asks you to pick the emotion.

In short - whether it’s articles about Clarkson, Trump, or your local windbag, be skeptical and don’t forget that your agenda isn’t the only one on display when it comes to ingesting the media.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Nick Has an Exocet 01/05/2016 at 09:06

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Still not giving trump the benefit of the doubt.

Nick Has an Exocet > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/05/2016 at 09:07

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I wouldn’t ask you to. That’s also not really the point. ;)

Party-vi > Nick Has an Exocet 01/05/2016 at 09:09

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Majestic.

Nick Has an Exocet > Party-vi 01/05/2016 at 09:10

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It’s like doves being released from a cage.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Party-vi 01/05/2016 at 09:16

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Rainbow > Nick Has an Exocet 01/05/2016 at 09:17

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Still looks like a dickbag.

Wheelerguy > Nick Has an Exocet 01/05/2016 at 09:21

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But at least this bloke made another punch that is, for the most part, good (and if Jeremy punched Donald on a scuffle the latter started, I’d forgive him for punching Oisin Tymon). One’s a dipshit and the other’s a dipshit, but at least Clarkson can be redeemed and can be made to side to the light side of the Force.

Trump? He’s Plagueis and Palps with cups of Hitler and more crazy-insane pills.

qbeezy > Nick Has an Exocet 01/05/2016 at 09:26

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When you hit someone over a sandwich, and you’re a public figure, you shouldn’t expect your yearbook photo.

Clemsie McKenzie > Rainbow 01/05/2016 at 09:27

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He actually is made of dicks:

Stevo777 > Clemsie McKenzie 01/05/2016 at 10:46

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The internet, what a wonderful place