Comments for When Republicans Attack http://whenrepublicansattack.com Detecting and Defusing Campaign Propaganda Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Distortions by admin http://whenrepublicansattack.com/2008/10/17/distortions/#comment-9 admin Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:16:00 +0000 http://whenrepublicansattack.com/?p=198#comment-9 Thanks for that correction--the stock photo is not likely to be used in a subliminal way. Not sure why the embedded original ad didn't work. The url for the Acorn video (the version on JohnMcCain.com is not available): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9eelAl5tw Thanks for that correction–the stock photo is not likely to be used in a subliminal way.

Not sure why the embedded original ad didn’t work. The url for the Acorn video (the version on JohnMcCain.com is not available): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9eelAl5tw

]]> Comment on Distortions by DaveyDog http://whenrepublicansattack.com/2008/10/17/distortions/#comment-8 DaveyDog Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:52:25 +0000 http://whenrepublicansattack.com/?p=198#comment-8 The "headline collage" is probably not as intentionally nefarious as you make it out to be. I work with a lot of stock art and recognized that shot. You can see it here: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/business/6605323-recession.php?id=6605323 I can't get the darned original ad to run. Are you saying they blanked the unhappy for some frames and showed it in others? Or panned the image so that "unhappy" only showed up for part of it? In any case, methinks you give them too much "credit" (or, "responsibility", as one says when attributing negative actions). The “headline collage” is probably not as intentionally nefarious as you make it out to be. I work with a lot of stock art and recognized that shot. You can see it here: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/business/6605323-recession.php?id=6605323

I can’t get the darned original ad to run. Are you saying they blanked the unhappy for some frames and showed it in others? Or panned the image so that “unhappy” only showed up for part of it?

In any case, methinks you give them too much “credit” (or, “responsibility”, as one says when attributing negative actions).

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