Hito starts off this passage by talking about the usage of Documentation Photography, how the blurry images that are used for Documentaries are not focused and uncertain. Nobody knows that is going on and due to this lack of focus there comes sort of a sense of what it is like to be in the photograph. It is this close intimacy that we have with the photo that allows us to be drawn into every picture as it comes out/ This is why Hito uses the term “unbroken belief in their truth”. It is because these images are so telling and uncertain that no one except the person producing the documentary knows that is happening. This is why documentation is a dangerous tool. Because of the uncertainty of the images many of the news outlets that have the power to access this type of information is able to manipulate and change what we as the audience see and feel. Instead of feeling represented, we instead feel a sense of expression. The picture is trying to express something instead of represent something. For example in the film “12 Years a Slave” based on the story of Solomon Northrop parts of the film are changed in order to express the main idea. The main idea being the harm that was caused onto an innocent black man, when it could have represented something more.
Furthermore, we see this manipulation in many of our media outlets today. News outlets and media outlets such as Fox and CNN have major biases to different areas of life. The most important example being in the most recent presidential race, Fox News heavily favored the Republican Party which CNN favored the democratic party. For the average viewer if they only watched Fox or only watched CNN they would obviously be swayed to support the party that the media outlets supports. The role of a live broadcast in this case is to show unbiased in media. By having honest and live reactions it can go a big way for showing authenticity.