"It is, in my experience, often the photo that does it. You can be nice or mean, bland or snide, accurate or wildly off-base. But none of what you write as a journalist matters much in comparison with the photo that runs alongside it. That's the main determinant of how bitterly a subject will complain about a piece, or whether they will tip from mildly annoyed to actively raging."
"Even more unusually, he's not wrong. The Time cover, shot from below to give readers an unrestricted view up Trump's nose, is extremely unflattering. His turkey wattle neck looks like a ski run after the snow has melted. His eye is reptilian. His hair is the flyaway gauze of a newborn. Or, as Trump put it in the Truth Social rant he published in the early hours of Tuesday morning:"
Photographs frequently determine readers' and subjects' reactions to journalism more than written content. A single unflattering image can escalate complaints from mild annoyance to active outrage. Time magazine used a low-angle cover photo of Donald Trump that emphasized unfavorable features. Trump publicly attacked the photograph's depiction of his hair and appearance despite a positive profile headline praising a potential Gaza ceasefire achievement. Trump's fixation on the image matches common responses to perceived visual slights and contrasts with his record of mocking others. Picture editors faced a choice about the editorial message conveyed by that photograph.
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