CNN: IRAN & N. KOREA REACTORS (FAKES-SAME PHOTO-VANITY)

cnn.com ^ | Feb. 14, 2005 | vanity

[jslade]

Believe it or not, got tipped off to these photos from a thread at DU. I'll give credit where credit is due. Looks like CNN has stepped into it again. Opinions?

[pissant]

Please elaborate.

[July 4th]

Photos?

[eyespysomething]

bunny pancake head

[Principled]

am i logged in?

[Lazamataz]

Moose. Cheese. Beeber. Sister.

[eyespysomething]

seriesly stuned

[OXENinFLA]

An aerial photo of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant outside of Pyongyang.

Yeah, I think that's Iran.............

[jriemer]

already posted

[Monti Cello]

Mmmmmm....time for breakfast. Braised rabbit with a side of pancakes.

[jslade]

N. Korea reactor photo

Iranian reactor photo

[Drango]

Believe it or not,

I believe posting skills have gone downhill...

[FreeAtlanta]

lol, that was real cute.

[MEG33]

Why don't you explain what you see first..It cuts down on the flak.

[FreeAtlanta]

These evil fat mustards have the same designer and builder for their reactors, so they could be different facilities with the same look and feel?

[jslade]

Yeah. I posted it.

[eyespysomething]

Yes those are the same. next time you should elaborate more on what you are talking about. I finally found the photo of the NK nuclear site by looking and finding the images link on the right, but where'd the Iran photo come from? Link?

[al baby]

[null and void]

At least the Korean one is smaller...

[jriemer]

Anna's part of the WMD conspiracy!?!

[BenLurkin]

Shower.

[GraniteStateConservative]

We must get the Security Council to act on that topic post haste. It's of great importance.

[rawhide]

Naw, those are the same photos, every detail matches exactly. (even down to the man driving the Yugo ;')

[jslade]

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/09/kay.iran/index.html

[BenLurkin]

Italians off!

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

A picture to undepress any man on a cold cloudy mid-winter day!

[OXENinFLA]

Natanz -IRAN

[OXENinFLA]

[Osage Orange]

That looks like the inside of my last computer.....

[jayef]

I'd like to dip a fuel rod in that reactor.

[ProfoundMan]

The photo at the link is captioned An aerial photo of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant outside of Pyongyang.. The filename of the picture is story.suspected.site.iran.

Further proof that CNN folks aren't infallable. Let the blogstorm begin !! (/sarcasm)

[An.American.Expatriate]

Now THAT brings back some memories!!!

[Jay777]

You may be on to something here, but don't give credit to DU! :)

[jslade]

Links: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/nkorea.nukes.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/09/kay.iran/index.html

[Bon mots]

He's right!

Source: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/meast/02/09/kay.iran/story.suspected.site.iran.2.jpg

Source: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/nkorea.nukes.ap/story.suspected.site.iran.jpg

Even when you are on the CNN site, the label says "suspected site in North Korea", but when you hold the mouse over the image, it says "suspected site in Iran".

Duh...

[Bon mots]

Kenneth, what's the frequency?

[SketchMD]

I don't get the point here. Was there any doubt that both Iran and N Korea had nuclear power plants built or in the works? I mean, it's super common knowledge. Interesting photo, esp the Kournikova one. That must be the codename for the Korean Nuclear plans, right? Project Kournikova? ;)

[Polybius]

I finally found the photo of the NK nuclear site by looking and finding the images link on the right, but where'd the Iran photo come from? Link?

The source of a photo on the web can be found by "right-clicking" on a photo.

The source of the "Nort Korean reactor" photo was :.......http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/nkorea.nukes.ap/story.suspected.site.iran.jpg.

The source of the "Iranian reactor" photo was :.......http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/meast/02/09/kay.iran/story.suspected.site.iran.2.jpg

It seems that CNN used the same stock photo of the "suspected site Iran" for both it's North Korean and Iranian reactor stories.

The practice would fall under the "fake but true" category.

[DannyTN]

"Anna's part of the WMD conspiracy!?!"

She does cause reactions.

[Kokojmudd]

The Chief Designer

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[jasoncann]

The practice would fall under the "fake but true" category
Since when is Rather working and CNN

[rawhide]

"The practice would fall under the "fake but true" category."

Ahhh, the 'Dan Rather' practice!

[eyespysomething]

Thanks. You are correct, it is the same photo, one looks to be turned a little and a closer shot.

[RaceBannon]

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/nkorea/yongbyon_sep29_04_dg.jpg

North korea reactor above

[Fresh Wind]

Somebody said something about "look and feel"...

[Socratic]

"The practice would fall under the "fake but true" category."

Since photos elicit emotions on a deeper plain (if plains can be deep) than common reporting, one can only wonder how much has been passed off as true before the internet age. The pros may have to be forced to become professional.

[Callahan]

Here's the Iran story with pic: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/13/iran.intel/index.html

[Callahan]

Bye.