Reuters Editor: Photog Was Not Trying to 'Make a Statement' in Altered Image(Reuters Fauxtography)

Editor and Publisher ^ | August 08, 2006 | E&P Staff

[Sam Hill]

Little Green Footballs:

08/08/06 01:38 PM: MSM Fauxtography Watch

Some more possible evidence of MSM fauxtography (hat tip: kay1212) at OpinionJournal. And here’s another at Hot Air: Another bogus photo? UPDATE at 8/8/06 2:08:50 pm: Wow. The Passion of the Toys. UPDATE at 8/8/06 6:32:11 pm: The photo linked by OpinionJournal above apparently shows a body with rigor mortis: ...

379 comments. Last comment: 8/8/2006 at 9:46 PM

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[Psycho_Runner]

Just how does dust get on a digital photograph?

Quite easily, dirt sometimes get in the camera and it shows up as spots on the raw image. the problem I have with Reuters BS is that it is very easy to remove the spots using the spot healer instead of the clone tool. The other problem I have is I wonder if the photographer was using a licensed copy of photoshop? I dropped $600 for CS2. I will put money that rutters goes to low budget photographers.

[P-Marlowe]

It's a new word by finnman69...but pass it on...FAUXTOGRAPHY!!!

It's not a new word.

[The Iceman Cometh]

I caught the Paula Zahn (yeah, I know, what the hell am I doing watching that waste of skin) piece on this story and the piece ended referring to the photographer as a VICTIM.

The piece ended like this (in summary).

The blogisphere questioned the photos..blah-blah, same blog that busted Dan Rather, blah-blah...The blogger found another VICTIM.

Insert dropped jaw.

[devolve]

[Terpfen]

So, he was trying to make a statement.

Thanks, Reuters.

[finnman69]

not my term


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680161/posts?page=70#70

[potlatch]

[dangus]

Why did I never notice that he has fuzzy boobs?

[devolve]

Impressive!

Reuters beats the drum for the Hezbos!


I must have set too long a delay time......

[Raycpa]

I might have been inclined to believe this explanation before I understood that according to Muslime prophecy, smoke is supposed to cover the sky continually as a sign that their Messiah is returning and Muslims are supposed to fight the unbelievers.

[potlatch]

I resized, each original and copy and pasted into frames for a whole new graphic.

Didn't touch delay.

[devolve]

I can see the delay is perfect

My .jpeg would not move no matter how much I yelled at it and "refreshed"

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Extraordinary results and the layout is spot on

The Magic Touch......

[potlatch]

I don't know that the delay is perfect, the bat is flapping fast but to slow it would slow the monkey since they are ONE animation now.

Glad you are happy with it.

[Grampa Dave]

The disturbing make believe photos from this disturbing make believe event are shown below. Don’t allow children under the age of 30 to view this horror caused by Israel. Of course, this is Bush's fault.

No Problem! Here comes your Bomb!

[HitmanLV]

"I believe he was trying to take a picture and make it better rather than trying to take a picture and make a statement," Hershorn told National Public Radio in an interview aired today.

The first follow up question would naturally be that if this is true, why didn't he make some pictures 'better' that would shows Hezbollah in a worse light, and Israel in a better light?

That is, if his mandate was simply to make photos 'better,' why are they consistently politically biased in one direction?