A very interesting take on how media allows you to spin things and should always be questioned
Before alteration or doctoring, photographs and videos impose many unseen prejudices, even before computational manipulation enters the picture. Filming strips acts from their broader context. The qualities of an optical instrument and the film or sensor used to capture a scene can change the way it appears. So can the framing of a shot, the perspective from which the scene is shown, or the way audio is captured for it. No computers are even required.
Video Doesn’t Capture Truth – Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
It might be a good time to re-read “The Art of the Motor” by the late Paul Virilio.
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