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Anonymous
No. Or rather, they shouldn't be. Never underestimate the ability of media editors to pander to and increase the number of people included in the "lowest common denominator."
1. Both are valid means of creative expression for different people, or sometimes the same people. Photographs did not replace paintings. And a good photograph contains exactly the same amount of substance as a good video, and vice versa.
Also, am I the only one who would like to see a reporter that was a talented drawing/painting artist and integrated that into their reportage?
2. A still frame shows it all at once, and if done well, sums up the whole situation in a symbolic "decisive moment." Better for news that way, since I think that's the sort of situation you're talking about.
As an illustration, look at this photograph by Cartier-Bresson:
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxZoom_VPage&VBID=2K1HZOQA8VQS1&a mp;IT=ImageZoom01&PN=9&STM=T&DTTM=Image&SP=Album&IID=2S5RYDZEQWEA&SAKL=T& ;SGBT=T&DT=Image
If that had been a video, it just would've been nasty.
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