I haven't listened to the Thiel interview yet but one thing I did find striking is the truly bizarre colour grading. you can see the original on the left and my 2-second correction on the right.

you would be hard-pressed to grade this footage in a less flattering way, almost as if your explicit goal was to make the subjects look alien. blue casts are a non-starter for skin tones.

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intentional

i would be so angry i'd have my entire team down the interviewer's ass to fix this

They did this for their article on Bitcoin mining too. Absolutely intentional.

@jordan_vondy @wadaniel @nytimes Either you're a completely clueless hack, or you extended the bounds of your black point to wash the image out. See how theres ZERO color information (not just a low amount) below 80? This IS altered. https://t.co/6XmAG3wSyV

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They did this for their article on Bitcoin mining too. Absolutely intentional.
https://x.com/roryhighside/status/1645726015233351680

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great point! I totally forgot about this. to me, it is unequivocally intentional and reflects their bias.