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The 15th Madeleine Award: balloon up, Trump mugs up, humanity reaches up
Posted By Graeme Dobell on January 11, 2024 @ 06:00
He glowers out from beneath his brows, unsmiling, eyes rendered oddly bloodshot, brow furrowed, chin tucked in, as if he is about to head-butt the camera. The image is stark, shorn of the flags and fancy … Mr Trump is a man who has always understood the power and language of theater. Of putting on a show. Of the way an image can be used for viral communication and opinion-making.
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[1] read my pins: http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780060899189/
[2] favourite mistake: https://www.newsweek.com/madeleine-albright-my-favorite-mistake-68377
[3] ‘alternative facts’: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/9th-madeleine-award-time-donald/
[4] magnificent stare-off: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-10th-madeleine-award-glare-and-stare-wonder-and-ponder/
[5] indicted on racketeering charges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution
[6] first police booking photograph: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/trump-mugshot.html
[7] Diana prize: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-annual-madeleine-awards-the-oops-and-the-diana-prizes/
[8] the utility and force of photographs: https://archive.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/madeleine-diana-directive-utility-and-force-photographs
[9] the picture is what counts: https://books.google.com.au/books?redir_esc=y&id=71oBciEhFQkC&q=diana+counts#v=snippet&q=diana%20counts&f=false
[10] ‘a record-breaking fundraising haul’: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/26/trump-mugshot-fundraising-00113118
[11] true presidential portrait: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/trumps-mug-shot-is-his-true-presidential-portrait
[12] the most bizarre crisis: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bizarre-secret-behind-chinas-spy-balloon/
[13] jokes: https://nbcmontana.com/news/offbeat/thats-no-moon-a-roundup-of-memes-about-the-chinese-spy-balloon-ccp-president-joe-biden-twitter-reddit-facebook-instagram-social-media-star-wars-han-solo-vladimir-putin-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-candy-pinata-99-luftballons-snoopy-red-baron-inflation
[14] memes: https://www.insider.com/memes-about-chinas-spy-balloon-are-flooding-the-internet-2023-2
[15] blooper and blunder: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-2013-madeleine-award-part-i-abbotts-oops-moment-and-more/
[16] surge in sightings: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/world/asia/taiwan-china-balloons.html
[17] ‘ugly and inaccurate’: http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/72/30.pdf
[18] awards for clangers, spin and gobbledegook: https://www.plainenglishfoundation.com/worst-words-2023/
[19] large language models: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/large-language-model?utm_source=cambridge_dictionary&utm_medium=ceros&utm_campaign=woty2023
[20] ‘incorrect, nonsensical or not real’: https://machinelearningmastery.com/a-gentle-introduction-to-hallucinations-in-large-language-models/
[21] 75th birthday: https://www.ohchr.org/en/get-involved/campaign/udhr-75
[22] ‘the year of democracy’: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/defending-year-democracy
[23] declaration: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
[24] 562 translations: https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/universal-declaration-human-rights/about-universal-declaration-human-rights-translation-project