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Manipulative photography is a state of political advertising and journalism. Pictures of a candidate’s political opponents in TV ads are almost always in unflattering black and white, sometimes projected in slow motion to give the opponent a menacing, dinosaurlike quality. Newspeople have a tendency to seize on photos that “illustrate” their point, but often distort reality.
Lies We Live By, 2000. Source: Propaganda, persuasion & deception – selected quotes. Compiled by Laird Wilcox (A PDEF version [ISBN 0-9761337-0-9], www.lairdwilcox.com
