Sunday, September 4, 2016

Tale of Two Photos: Our Broken Media, Cont'd.


Neo-fascist bigot Donald "Rump" Trump's recent ballyhooed "outreach" to African-Americans at a Detroit "church" made headlines.  But check out the two perspectives in the photos below, the first angled from the front, and the second showing the scene from the back of the room (click on photos to enlarge):

Photo: Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Photo: Shane Goldmacher, Politico

Lots of empty chairs, no? Surprised you haven't seen much of the second photo? Note the wire service photo makes it appear as though Rump was a hit to the churchgoers, when in fact only a fraction of the room was occupied.  It's all part of the campaign by our broken media to "normalize" Rump into something he's not.

(h/t to Daily Kos)