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Castro Newspaper Fake?
Self | August 13, 2006 | Self

Posted on 08/13/2006 12:07:14 PM PDT by jdm

Why does Castro's version have black text?



TOPICS: Cuba; Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: castro; deathwatch
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1 posted on 08/13/2006 12:07:14 PM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm

Looks like he is holding a photocopy on legal sized (or longer) paper.


2 posted on 08/13/2006 12:08:20 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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I saw the pictures and thought the same thing. That guy doesn't look like the real Castro, could be one of his body doubles.


3 posted on 08/13/2006 12:10:06 PM PDT by CubaninMiami
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To: jdm

Where did you find image two?


4 posted on 08/13/2006 12:10:54 PM PDT by steveo (ADVERTISEMENT)
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To: jdm
Why does Castro's version have black text?

Because they faxed it to him in the Bahamas?

5 posted on 08/13/2006 12:10:57 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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To: jdm
Because Castro's holding a printout, not a real newspaper. I doubt it was photoshopped in, but that absolutely isn't printed on newspaper.
6 posted on 08/13/2006 12:11:15 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: CubaninMiami; HitmanLV

If you wanted to convince your country (and the world) that you're still alive, you'd be pictured with the actual newspaper (one would think, anyway).


7 posted on 08/13/2006 12:11:23 PM PDT by jdm
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To: HitmanLV
Even if it's a photocopy it's at least as recent as the colored one.

The question is - is he really holding what he is shown holding ?

8 posted on 08/13/2006 12:12:28 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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The paper Castro is holding doesn't look right. The perspective of the Newsletter header is wrong.


9 posted on 08/13/2006 12:12:43 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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The real question is why is he sporting a red/white/blue Addidas sweat shirt???


10 posted on 08/13/2006 12:12:46 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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My guess is, he's not in Cuba and the front page was faxed to him.


11 posted on 08/13/2006 12:13:30 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: HitmanLV
Looks like he is holding a photocopy on legal sized (or longer) paper.

It's 11 x 17 paper, likely laser printed judging by the artifacts in the image, folded and carried to him (judging by the line in the photo down the middle.) It also appears to be a stack of 11 x 17's, looking at the top of the image.

Used to make my galley proofs on 11 x 17 before taking it to the print plant for my own newspaper.
12 posted on 08/13/2006 12:13:42 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: jdm
"Falso, pero exacto."
13 posted on 08/13/2006 12:14:02 PM PDT by mikrofon (Go to jell, Fidel...)
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To: MaestroLC
The real question is why is he sporting a red/white/blue Addidas sweat shirt???

The team colors of the Cuban baseball team.

14 posted on 08/13/2006 12:14:08 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: CubaninMiami
Closely compare hairline, nose shape, ears and eyebrows. There appear to be dissimilarities, but it could be the differences in lighting and camera angle.
15 posted on 08/13/2006 12:14:14 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: mikrofon

LOL.


16 posted on 08/13/2006 12:14:34 PM PDT by jdm
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So I guess the intent of this picture is to show the Cuban people that not only is Castro healthy, but he's taken up jogging as well (check out that Adidas warm-up suit).


17 posted on 08/13/2006 12:15:02 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am a big fan of urban sprawl but I wish there were more sidewalks)
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To: MaestroLC
The real question is why is he sporting a red/white/blue Addidas sweat shirt???

Because the Cuban flag is red, white and blue and his sweat-fatigues are in the wash.

18 posted on 08/13/2006 12:15:17 PM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: jdm
One possibility is that he is holding some paper alright-- but the content on the paper has been photoshopped in.
19 posted on 08/13/2006 12:16:53 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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That's the old “Hold-Todays-Newspaper” trick. Castro's dead... that photo was taken weeks ago and the 'newspaper'... pasted in.
20 posted on 08/13/2006 12:17:23 PM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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