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<\/a>Source: politico.com<\/p><\/div>\n
Swimming through a sea of high-tech coding wizardry far above the heads of the measly public, Hillary Clinton scowls\u00a0toward an unknown opponent, contemplating her sinister past…<\/em><\/p>\n That’s what I get from the drama-inducing, Photoshop-doctored photo\u00a0above. In fact, based on this image, the accompanying\u00a0story<\/a> may actually be about Hillary Clinton starring in a new sequel to “The Matrix” rather than about a political scandal concerning her responsibleness as a public official.<\/p>\n I understand that Politico was adding character to its content and being a bit creative here. That’s not a bad thing, although it does invite questions\u00a0about the\u00a0appropriateness of this when the following article approaches an issue sensitive enough to potentially harm a public official’s reputation.<\/p>\n I also understand that this photo does not necessarily show a political leaning one way or the other. In fact, my thoughts about the photo shifted from two extremes.<\/p>\n My first impression was that her scowl made her seem mean, or just gave an overall negative vibe, paired with her stark black-and-white contrasted coloring.\u00a0Plus, she seemed overwhelming by the coding (the scandal) surrounding her. But upon further reflection, this image might convey the exact opposite. Her expression could be a face of tough determination in the face of those opponents attempting to tarnish her name. She is distinctly separate from the coding, after all, appearing boldly in front of it.<\/p>\n The English class-style dissection of this image could continue until we’re as gray as Hillary’s ashy-hued, color-manipulated face.<\/p>\n But all fun aside, including an image like this could possibly cross a line into editorializing (or diminishing) an otherwise serious hard news story, depending on how you look at it\u2014which could be problematic for a famously neutral news source like Politico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By S. MOLLY DOMINICK When reading online news, I hope to achieve a balance between biases by ingesting\u00a0left-leaning, right-leaning and politically neutral media (to the best of my ability, of course). One of my primary sources of neutral news is … Continue reading