They do that kind of stuff for subliminal manipualtion all the time. There was a magazine that had OJ on it during the trial and they darkened it...made him look eviler.
I read a book on subliminal seduction in marketing once..very interesting.
Your booze ads...the ice cubes in the glasses...there is usually something interesting going on there, like couples embracing or more. The positioning of ads in magazines...newspapers...these things are not just done by accident.
here's a link to a book about it...I read a different one, but this stuff has been going on for years
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/pr...0/104-5053178-1663921?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155