Behind the Headlines

By Charles Slat
There’s an old saying that TV always makes people look physically bigger than they are.
This always has held true for me, having seen a lot of famous people in the flesh over my career.
Former Michigan Governors Jim Blanchard and John Engler come to mind. They always looked large on TV but, in person, seemed smaller than average.
For some reason, it seemed just the opposite when I saw Barack Obama during his campaign stop in Monroe.
I expected to see someone, say, the size of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. Instead, he seems a bit larger than he appears on TV.
Maybe my TV is too small.