HD is Not Friendly to News People

[Loyal]

I've thought this for a while since my tv channels went to HD. News channels use cosmetics on their news personalities (and guests) and it causes you to realize the fakery that goes on. I know they do it to remain relevant in a young person's game, but fascinates me to see the incongruities and the news stations must see it too, but continue to do it for the non-HD viewers.

The common one is the white powdered faces that look so clownish, for young and old. For the old(er) women who have wrinkled necks and perfectly colored hair without gray. Some are self conscious about it and wear turtle neck shirts/sweaters or wear some sort of stylish wrap. Face wrinkles overlay-ed with heavy make-up, makes them look really old. The same for guys, with their aged faces covered with heavy make-up and not a single gray hair. For guys, the fake hair gets me....lol. Lou Dobbs...dude..you looked old back in your CNN days and now that red hair (again with no gray) on Fox Business....

The HD makes this all very apparent, so the industry needs to adjust.

 

[Karate61]

I've thought this for a while since my tv channels went to HD. News channels use cosmetics on their news personalities (and guests) and it causes you to realize the fakery that goes on. I know they do it to remain relevant in a young person's game, but fascinates me to see the incongruities and the news stations must see it too, but continue to do it for the non-HD viewers.

The common one is the white powdered faces that look so clownish, for young and old. For the old(er) women who have wrinkled necks and perfectly colored hair without gray. Some are self conscious about it and wear turtle neck shirts/sweaters or wear some sort of stylish wrap. Face wrinkles overlay-ed with heavy make-up, makes them look really old. The same for guys, with their aged faces covered with heavy make-up and not a single gray hair. For guys, the fake hair gets me....lol. Lou Dobbs...dude..you looked old back in your CNN days and now that red hair (again with no gray) on Fox Business....

The HD makes this all very apparent, so the industry needs to adjust.

Saw Stephen A. Smith on ESPN one morning where he was traveling and piped into the show remotely. Apparently, and he even stated it, he forgot to pack his makeup kit. And it showed! Dude is all messed up looking without it!

 

[fearsomefour]

It's true, a good number of them had to be horrified at HD.
But, I can't judge.
I'm pretty horrified by the face looking back at me in the mirror every morning.

 

[RamBall]

Try watching telemundo in HD. I dont know if they do more closeups or what but some scenes the actors/actresses look like monsters with their faces changing as the camera angle changes.