A blogger shines when news media get it wrong [MSM dinosaurs alert!!]

Christian Science Monitor ^ | 8/9/06 | Randy Dotinga

[Enchante]

Mr. Johnson, one of the most influential, popular, and disliked political bloggers in the United States, says his site offers an "alternative filter": The news comes in and something approaching the truth comes out. Critics, however, say he has an agenda of his own - one that's anti-Muslim, pro-Israel, and full of hate.

How did this 50-something computer programmer and Web designer turn into an Internet celebrity, sought out by CNN and regularly roasted by liberal critics? The answer lies in expertise, diligence, and imagination.

This week, his website - littlegreenfootballs.com - is attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors, thanks to his Reuters exclusive. (The origin of the site's unusual name is a secret.)

Armed with a tip from a reader, Johnson was apparently the first person to prove that an Aug. 5 Reuters photo of Beirut after an air attack had been faked.

Johnson revealed how images of buildings and smoke had been copied to other parts of the photo, apparently with the help of software. The changes enhanced the smoke above the city, making the photo more vivid.

Reuters retracted the photo and 919 others by freelance Lebanese photographer Adnan Hajj, including a second doctored one.

To Johnson, Reuters was not an unwitting victim. Instead, he sees media bias at work. "Sometimes there are agendas at work, and it's my job to counter those agendas," he says in a phone interview.

[Stultis]

Critics, however, say he has an agenda of his own - one that's anti-Muslim, pro-Israel, and full of hate.

Nothing new here. Exposing and highlighting the truth -- especially the truth about America's enemies, and enemies of liberal civilization generally for that matter -- has always been a "hate crime" to the radical left.

[VeniVidiVici]

A blogger shines when news media get it wrong

When "news media get it wrong"? They didn't get it wrong - THEY FREAKING LIED!

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

It also gave him the tools to debunk a letter that CBS used in 2004 to cast doubt on Mr. Bush's National Guard service. Johnson copied the text from the letter in the modern computer program Microsoft Word and compared the two documents in an animated image: they appeared identical, even though the letter supposedly was written in the 1970s.

....you go girl...

Below is forged CBS document overlayed by Microsoft Word in default mode......courtesy Little Green Footballs..

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[trisham]

How many times have we seen published photos of conservatives in a less-than-flattering light ie mouth open, grimacing wiuth an expression that makes them look angry, or a brief expression of confusion (probably asking a reporter "what are you talking about") that makes them look goofy.

I'm glad they got caught in this case, but the problem is much larger.

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You're right.

[Edgerunner]

It is perfectly normal to hate people who say their life's goal is to kill you and your family and your country! (except if your a liberal)

[Enchante]

More media photo fraud:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680586/posts

[Goldie Lurks]

"The answer lies in expertise, diligence, and *imagination*. Think the photographer that doctored the photo and Reuters used their *imagination*. Johnson exposed the truth.

Wonder how many other photos have been doctored over the last years? Good-bye excellence in photojournalism.

[driftless2]

Ever read a lib columnist who deplores the real hate found on Daily Gross or DUmmyunderground? Of course these screwball lib hypocrites are eager to find "hate" on conservative blogs while completely ignoring all the lib bloggers who make distributing hate their first priority.

[GOPJ]

bump

[GOPJ]

Then what decisions are made by the editors?How many times have we seen published photos of conservatives in a less-than-flattering light ie mouth open, grimacing with an expression that makes them look angry, or a brief expression of confusion (probably asking a reporter "what are you talking about") that makes them look goofy.

The MSM doesn't need the 62 million of us who vote, shop and are conservative... We need to tell their advertisers too...

[tioga]

This week, his website - littlegreenfootballs.com - is attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors, thanks to his Reuters exclusive.

That site has been a success for years now, this latest little brooha is only their latest hit.

[SuziQ]

"Media organizations have to be aware that we're not the absolute authority."

Way to go lgf!!

[P-40]

Good-bye excellence in photojournalism.

Photojournalists need to stick to film, and most certainly black and white film only.