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President Obama, Like a Boss, v Putin (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2014 OP
Split frame with Putin simply conveying dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #1
Putin KNOWS he blew it. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #2
WTF was that? zeemike Jun 2014 #3
Clear the world still loves Pres. Obama. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #4
American Ignorance of other cultures. Americans smile even when they don't mean it. Russians newthinking Jun 2014 #5
Agreed LeafsFan17 Jun 2014 #6

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. Split frame with Putin simply conveying
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:18 PM
Jun 2014

Am I bothered ? Look at me - I ain't bothered.





And so it was that UK tv news reported on similar news yesterday.

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
5. American Ignorance of other cultures. Americans smile even when they don't mean it. Russians
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 11:50 PM
Jun 2014

generally consider a smile differently. A forced smile is often seen as ingenuine and "slick". Not to mention that it appears Putin still has a sense of such days being "solomn" events, which we also used to do...

Not saying Obama's smile is not genuine, just saying this clip is more an indication of the west's ignorance than it is any reflection on Putin's mood.

Does anyone else kind of see it as being crass for the crowd to do this kind of thing on a solemn occasion? It seems a little bizarre.

LeafsFan17

(31 posts)
6. Agreed
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 12:36 AM
Jun 2014

I agree that it seems crass for the media to manipulate images like this when covering an event...especially a solemn occasion.

Seems like manipulative sensationalism on the media's part. I don't think either Obama or Putin would have been pleased by this.

The media are supposed to be journalists...not fabricators of their own stories.

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