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Reuters Photo Is A Fraud? (Vanity with pics)
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Posted on 09/15/2005 2:26:16 PM PDT by antaresequity
Edited on 09/15/2005 2:35:33 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Rueters Photo A Fraud?
First off the handwriting isn't Bush's...
Look at the first image and compare the 'I'..it appears as if the lower writing is indeed his, but
not the crap about the bathroom break...
Further...when the image is enhanced and sharpened...you can begin to see the blocks of cut and
paste graphics, and their obviosu demarcations...The lower image has been sharpened in fireworks by
three or four degrees...you can see clearly square demarcations around the supposed text..
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To: beyond the sea
Right... it's Mr. Pitt who insists on using a pencil!
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:36:47 PM PDT
by
johnny7
(“"The thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes.”)
To: antaresequity
Hershorn says The (Toronto) Globe and Mail published it but he wasn't sure of any other outlets. Hershorn says he decided to transmit the picture because it was interesting.
"There was no malicious intent," he says. "That's not what we do."
To: antaresequity
Or it could be an entirely genuine picture of a piece of paper with CONDOLEEZA RICE'S handwriting at the top, and his continuation at the bottom. In fact, when I read the initial Drudge headline that's exactly what I ASSUMED it was.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:37:56 PM PDT
by
mcg1969
To: antaresequity
Maybe he should write the following. Bush to MSM, piss off.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:38:01 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Mo1
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:38:34 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
To: nuffsenuff
That said.... WHO CARES?Exactly.
If this had been a Democrat President and any of us had pulled this stunt on him, we'd have been rightfully chided as being childish and petty. But, for reasons all-too-unfortunately clear, this trash is a news story with Reuters and WaPo because it bags on the "dumb" Republican President.
As an aside, I have to wonder why the Democrats like to go on about Bush being "dumb." If he's so "dumb," then how did he manage to beat the living snot out of their golden child, hmmm?
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:39:13 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: Terabitten
It still seems odd to me that the writing itself on the top is so clear and the writing on the bottom impossible to read. I'm not talking about penmanship - I'm talking about the clarity of the actual letters.Sorry, I'm just not seeing that the difference is that significant:
Besides, I think it's been reported upthread that the photo is "enhanced."
Yes, Reuters said they effectively altered the exposure level using Photoshop. No big deal.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:39:51 PM PDT
by
mcg1969
To: Mo1
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:39:58 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(William Jefferson Democrat Louisiana - doesn't everybody keep their cash in their freezer)
To: M203M4
Yes to the JPEG artifacts. If you attempt to sharpen a JPEG image, you will always get those around regions of high contrast (because of the way JPEG compression results in an averaging of the contrast difference, and the 'border' is enhanced'.I was wondering about that. Thanks for the expertise.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:40:04 PM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: the Real fifi
And the earlier photo has gone to the bit-bucket. The Yahoo link no workie anymore.
To: Mo1
By the way... that is one cool picture. All three of our fine folks seem to be in on a great inside joke!
;-)
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:41:07 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(William Jefferson Democrat Louisiana - doesn't everybody keep their cash in their freezer)
To: antaresequity
This is a note written by Condi - passed to Rumsfeld - who passed it to the President. It's clear who wrote what - and should be a good example of how Bush writes:
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:41:13 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
To: mcg1969
No, that should tip you off that there are two writers. Condi wrote the top note, he's writing the bottom note.Not according to Reuters.
To: Mo1
Is that a pen in his hand?!
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:41:23 PM PDT
by
airborne
To: beyond the sea
He never uses a pencil. My thought exactly. Further, if he really had to go, that sharp pencil tip would have been broken clean off.
To: Mo1
Seems it's about trying to totally embarrass him before the big speech.
The media can't blame him anymore for Katrina.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:42:18 PM PDT
by
swheats
To: airborne
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:43:04 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: beyond the sea
He never uses a pencil.True. He's so stupid, he doesn't even know how to write.
To: Sir Gawain
Not according to Reuters.Actually, when I read the initial Drudge report headline it suggested that Condi wrote the initial note. But I certainly acknowledge that this seems to have been lost as the picture has circulated in the wires.
It could also be that he's switching between printed and cursive.
Either way, this is NOT Buckhead II.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:43:14 PM PDT
by
mcg1969
To: antaresequity
On another thread someone pointed out the first few words "I think I MAY NEED A BATH" are printed.
The continuation..."room break?" are written.
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posted on
09/15/2005 2:43:20 PM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
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