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'Times' War Photos Artfully Staged, Directed
Gawker.com ^
| 8/9/2006
| Gawker.com
Posted on 08/09/2006 10:40:38 AM PDT by BrynS728
Reuters, you are not alone. The news agency fired a photographer this weekend after it became clear that he had doctored war photos from Lebanon, but it would seem that Reuters isn't the only respectable news organization with this problem. While not quite so stupid as to get sloppy with Photoshop, Tyler Hicks of the venerable New York Times has some questionable work of his own. In this photo, a man appears to be pulling a remarkably un-dusty, possibly dead man from wreckage in Tyre -- note the victim's shorts and his hat, which is conveniently tucked to his side. But in the later photos (after the jump), un-dusty possibly dead man seems to be doing just fine.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alteredphotos; drivebymedia; fakedphotos; fakephotos; fauxtography; fraud; goebbelswouldbeproud; islamoganda; israel; lebanon; mediabias; mediajihad; mediawar; mohamedanmedia; muhammadsminions; newyorktimes; nyt; photos; powerghraib; propaganda; proterrorist; tylerhicks; yellowjournalism
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Although this comes from a NYC gossip website, the story is accurate. The Times issued a correction on the caption of the photo http://www.nytimes.com/ref/pageoneplus/corrections.html - and a pretty weak one at that. It appears that photo altering/staging is likely the norm in the MSM.
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:40:41 AM PDT
by
BrynS728
To: BrynS728
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:42:23 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: BrynS728
sorry, I didn't know how to post the photos - you can see them on the Gawker link.
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:42:55 AM PDT
by
BrynS728
To: BrynS728
"The Undead Dead" photo is...PRICELESS
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:46:54 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: BrynS728
The palis are also masters of intricately directed and performed set pieces along the same lines.
...and our vaunted main stream media sups up this drek!
ruefully
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:48:31 AM PDT
by
petro45acp
(SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG! ("On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs" by Dave Grossman))
To: BrynS728
You can't have this many fake photos by accident. They surely knew they were publishing fiction.
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:50:13 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
You can't have this many fake photos by accident. They surely knew they were publishing fiction. Isn't that what the Times does on a daily basis? ;)
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:53:13 AM PDT
by
BrynS728
To: BrynS728
He's not dead. He's just pining for the fjords.
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:54:54 AM PDT
by
jim_trent
To: BrynS728
I don't get why the rescuer is pulling on the supposedly injured (previously dead) guy's arm. He is not going to pull him out over that chunk of concrete. And if the injured guy is supposed to be unconscious, his muscles don't look relaxed enough.
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posted on
08/09/2006 10:58:23 AM PDT
by
faq
To: jim_trent
Bring out your dead.
"But I'm not dead yet, sir!"
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:00:20 AM PDT
by
Hayzo
To: BrynS728
He collapsed in the rubble holding his hat. That's what I'd grab in the event of an air strike. :)
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:00:27 AM PDT
by
kinoxi
(/s)
To: BrynS728
Man when they say the first casualty of war is the truth the Hezbullies and there Media hand puppets really take that to heart.
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:05:04 AM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: BrynS728
The new caption from the NY Times is preposterous - does anyone actually believe that the guy had "fallen" and was not "playing dead"???? His eyes are closed, his head lies back as though lifeless, and he is not helping himself or his rescuer in any way, he is just lying their limp and pretending to be D-E-A-D...... no, the Times has been caught up in an obvious fraud again, and can't seem to come clean.
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:06:19 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(Democrats do want to see victory in the War on Terror.......just not for our side........)
To: BrynS728
Photo & caption:
Caption:
The mayor of Tyre said that in the worst hit areas, bodies were still buried under the rubble, and he appealed to the Israelis to allow government authorities time to pull them out. (Photo Tyler Hicks The New York Times) Later Photos:
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:06:49 AM PDT
by
sanchmo
(If we wish to learn what was going on in Europe in 1938, just look around - V.D. Hanson)
To: BrynS728
Just more harmless fun at the World Cup.
To: sanchmo
DEAD MEN DON'T SWEAT.
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:09:15 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
To: BrynS728
Original news photo shows soldier helping an elderly man.
After applying the MSM Photoshop war filter, the photo shows soldier kicking the poor elderly man.
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:10:36 AM PDT
by
Spokane
To: mware
Is this for REAL?? OMG! Bamboozled again! Bawhahaha!
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:12:14 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
To: BrynS728
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posted on
08/09/2006 11:16:24 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
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