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08-06-2006, 10:19 AM | #1 | |
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8/6/2006: Beirut Photoshop
IotD is not a political blog at all, and that's by design. On the rest of the Cellar, I personally enjoy talking politics all the time. But on IotD, when it comes to politics, what's mind-boggling to me might not be mind-boggling to you and vice-versa. And the mideast, well that's like the abortion of talking politics; everyone harshly, completely on one side or the other, bringing maximum outrage to the topic. Plenty mind-boggling about it, but the arguments weigh down the enjoyable side of mind-boggling very quickly. So why this political entry about the mideast? I dunno, I guess I think this photo is mind-boggling no matter which side you're on. Let's see what you think. The above photo is from the Reuters news service, and I found it in Yahoo! Most Popular today at 10:30 am. As of this writing, it's still there. The caption reads: Quote:
The blogosphere caught this really fast -- because it's really bad work. The photo was then cancelled by Reuters: This might be the original: There are various non-political aspects of this which make it mind-boggling, and I think you can enjoy it no matter whether you love or hate Israel, no matter whether you love or hate Hezbollah, no matter whether your love or hate Lebanon. Although perhaps "enjoy" is not the right word. It is a sign of the times. But does it mean that our information today is LESS accurate, or is it MORE accurate? The tools make it easier to fake information... while at the same time, giving the skeptical audience a way to share notes and disseminate corrections. One other note... I've heard news service photographers say that when Hezbollah specifically sets up a shot, sometimes it's obvious that the photographers are being "fed" -- and some photographers refuse to shoot such situations. What do you take from the above shot? What do you take, when you find out it was taken by Adnan Hajj, the same Reuters photographer reponsible for the Photoshop? I, for one, don't know. |
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08-06-2006, 10:56 AM | #2 |
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Good link at the bottom. Nothing surprising about their tactics, but good to see it being exposed.
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08-06-2006, 11:14 AM | #3 | |
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08-06-2006, 11:27 AM | #4 | |
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Anyway, those little girls were mere females (no big loss) and dying for your faith is the sure-fire way to Heaven, right? Only...only what do female martyr's get for their sacrifice? Surely not the same 70-some virgins the men are eagerly awaiting? Right? Right?
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08-06-2006, 11:28 AM | #5 |
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got to AMP it up some to make the pic look good .
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08-06-2006, 11:45 AM | #6 | |
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08-06-2006, 11:51 AM | #7 | |
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08-06-2006, 11:54 AM | #8 |
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08-06-2006, 12:23 PM | #9 |
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08-06-2006, 12:33 PM | #10 | |
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08-06-2006, 12:46 PM | #11 | |
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But the (embedded) caption on the WaPo version itself was pure propaganda.
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08-06-2006, 02:08 PM | #12 |
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08-06-2006, 03:23 PM | #13 |
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My guess is they brightened and added contrast to give the buildings in the foreground more definition. That resulted in the sky being bright white so they expanded the area of smoke to tone down the sky.
It's disturbing the editor, probably a photo editor, but at least a pro, didn't spot this as a fake immediately. Deadlines be damned, the whole story, and the agency for that matter, lose credibility. One thing is apparent, though.....Hezbollah has used the media much more effectively than the IDF, from the git-go.
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08-06-2006, 04:08 PM | #14 |
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08-06-2006, 04:28 PM | #15 | |
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Caption: "They do like to fashion themselves as media savvy." http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001226.html
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