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Honestly this screams of "[politician] SLAMMED by comment" when the comment was effectively "I don't agree with [politician]".
Are there pictures of these "ashen" staff?
The guy is saying he used to be in her shoes and that she was acting odd after this meeting. Her body language immediately following the meeting was cause enough for concern. Then, they didn't try to push the narrative around the topic of conversation during this meeting, showing to him that the conversation was about topics that they wouldn't want discussed at all in the media.
He's an expert, giving his expert opinion. That doesn't mean he's right, but he's not talking out of his ass for no reason.
"Ashen" implies a visual indication. It's not too much to assume there'd be photos.
I'm not sure the concept of someone "looking like they just saw a ghost" always translates well in photograph form. And it's more than just the pallid color, there's all sorts of subtle micro movements and stuff that we might not even consciously register to indicate something is off, that doesn't translate to photograph.
Right. I'm not saying it's wrong. It's just if you put a visual descriptor in it will beg the question of what that actually looked like. They'd probably get just as much mileage out of phrasing it as "they looked shaken" followed by more details in the article. But to put "ashen" in the headline attempts to imply it was really noticeable. Similar to my original comment if an article says someone "slammed" a politician I pretty much ignore it. Clickbait headlines like that don't help the cause. Regardless of who it's about it pretty much just reinforces what someone already believes. Pro-trump people reading this article would probably question the same thing and ignore any conclusions while anti-trump people will just nod along knowing whatever happened behind closed doors was utter shit.
I guess you're right. I dont see why it matters if the ashen description is accurate. I take all the news and editorials with a large grain of salt.