by B. R. GOWANI
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, center, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump greet moderator Lester Holt after the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 PHOTO/Rick T. Wilking/Pool via AP/State of the Nation
who will win?
who will lose?
who won ?
who lost?
presidential debates are treated like a boxers’ ring
candidates’ postures, gestures, movements
smiles, sighs, sarcasm, screams
are duly noted, scrutinized, analyzed
the verdict was announced:
Trump is the loser
Clinton is the winner
Lazaro Gamio and Kevin Uhrmacher went to extra length
they took 90 images of Clinton and 90 of Trump
each photo was a composite of 1 minute of footage
(it was a 90 minute debate)
Multiple seconds of footage…
…are blended together into images like the ones shown above PHOTOS/Lazaro Gamio and Kevin Uhrmacher/The Washington Post
Uhrmacher and Gamio are careful
not to pass much judgement
but for most of the dominant news media
Clinton was the winner
as far as showing control over oneself
and sticking to the subject matter was concerned
Clinton was the winner
but is that the correct yardstick?
if a stoic person is not displaying her/his true self and
despite the overwhelming record
of Clinton‘s intentional blunders in Libya and Honduras
can we call her the winner?
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com