Posted on 09/26/2009 11:53:46 AM PDT by thecodont
J.J. Newberry chuckles when he watches "Lie to Me," the Fox television series about scientists who help cops catch crooks with their extraordinary ability to detect lies by analyzing facial expressions and body language.
Starring Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman - a character inspired by the work of San Francisco scientist Paul Ekman, - the highly rated series is set to premiere its second season at 9 p.m. Monday, appearing on KTVU in the coveted slot after the network's smash hit "House."
"If you shrug your shoulder, rotate your hand or even just slightly raise your lower lip, Lightman will spot the lie," says the show's Web site.
"It's not so easy in real life," said Newberry, a former agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives who has helped crack some of the Bay Area's most notorious criminal cases and is considered one of the nation's foremost deception detectors.
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You’re right they have shown Clinton more often then anyone else. In fact more then all Bush administration officials combined. I thought the best was where Obama was shown giving the middle finger in a debate, can remember the episode though.
Yet, every once in a while, zerO (who is already characterized as a narcissist), will make a statement and his hand will literally *fly* to touch his face for an instant. According to “Lie To Me”, this is tell for a lie.
I like the show and did some quick research online on the original researcher, Ekman. There are interesting quick-time slide shows on some of the sites to illustrate the thesis. You can test yourself. The micro-expressions are usually just a fleeting instant. It was quite enlightening. One would have to practice a lot to be as facile as the experts in the show, but I think it is possible. Now, could that testimony be accepted in court? I bet not. But it would be a motivator for the cop to keep looking for evidence.
LOL good one too
A known, acknowledged, adjudicated, certified liar.
So?
Well, your post seemed to insinuate that they only used conservative examples. Not true. That’s “so what.”
Can Lightman tell when a teleprompter is lying by the way the light bounces off of it?
Don’t get your thong in a knot. I don’t do insinuation well, I say what I think.
I found the show boring, biased, and tedious. If it lights up your prime time week, good for you.
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