Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3202: FIFA's Jack Warner Cites 'The Onion' in His Own Defense - Insincerity Body Language Tells (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Jack Warner, the  former vice president of FIFA, who along with other FIFA officials were arrested last week on money laundering, racketeering, bribery and wire fraud - yesterday defended himself against allegations of corruption (alleged by both United States and Swiss authorities) by citing an article from The Onion. Incredibly, Warner was unaware that it was satire.

The above video was uploaded to the internet yesterday and then taken down shortly. A copy of it subsequently went viral. What follows is a specific and very telling body language display.

On two occasions (here, during 3:37- 3:39 and the image immediately below, captured during 3:42 - 3:43) Jack Warner gestures towards his chest (more specifically this is but one body language example of a MAP aka Manipulator, Adaptor, Pacifier).

Some important details can be seen here. Note that Warner is using his left hand - yet he is right-handed. Warner is also gesturing towards the RIGHT side of his chest. His heart, of course, while partially posterior to the sternum is significantly biased toward the left side. In addition, during both of these moments the former FIFA official is touching only with his finger TIPS - not the palm of his hand (and with the second example, his fingertips do not even quite touch).
 

Any of these three nonverbal signals - 1) Use of non-dominant hand gestures during moments of expected conviction, 2) Touching the right side of the chest during "heartfelt" moments and 3) Finger-tip touching rather than full palmar contact - taken on their own would all be strong red flags for insincerity. All three together in a cluster - and then repeated - absolutely scream strong insincerity.

Later in his monolog, Warner cites and holds up (5:04 - 5:40 and 6:59 - 7:01) a print-out of "The Onion" article - which is, of course, completely satirical - and uses it in his defense.








See also:

Nonverbal Communication No. 3201: Nazi War Criminal Oskar Gröning - Dissecting Body Language in Court

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3197: FIFA, Sepp Blatter and the Pseudo-Prayer

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2776: James Franco's Mea Culpa

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2863: Gary Oldman's Apology on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Sincere or Insincere? - Body Language Tells

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3063: Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Sentenced to Two Years for Corruption (PHOTOS)

Bob McDonnell is pictured here outside a federal courthouse in Richmond with his daughters on Tuesday, 6 January 2015. He was just sentenced to two years in prison on corruption charges.

In this moment, the former Virginia Governor's face is expressing two emotions. His primary emotion is that of regret - characterized mainly by the lateral and slightly downward vectoring of his mouth corners.

Note also the downward and inward movement of McDonnnell's eye brows, the slight tension of his lower eyelids, the tension of his "mustache area" and his mild nostril dilation (flaring). The cluster beacons his secondary emotion - that of anger.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3062: Phylicia Rashad interview regarding Bill Cosby - Body Language Tells

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3061: Jimmy Fallon Blew a Chance to Date Nicole Kidman

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2586: Harrison Ford in "Ender's Game" - Microexpression and Macroexpression of Regret - Harrison's Brand and the Stanislavski Method

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2320: Estonian Skier Andrus Veerpalu Denies Performance Enhancing Drugs - What his Body Language Tells Us

Nonverbal Communication Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2259:  Game Show Killer Rodney Alcala Gets Two More Sentences - His Body Language Warning Signs

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2919: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - Friends? - will they Hug it Out?

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2665: Nick Saban's "Tongue in Cheek" Body Language - What Does It Mean?

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2973: Rand Paul's Body Language Tells Us His Plan B for 2016


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