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FAKE "2nd photo" of Kerry-Fonda at rally
Vanity
| Feb. 11, 2002
| Self
Posted on 02/12/2004 2:47:30 PM PST by Madstrider
Hey, Freepers: I don't know who PhotoShopped that fake "2nd photo" of Kerry and Fonda at the antiwar rally, but you should know that you came within AN EYELASH of causing a huge embarassment.
Thank goodness Raoul made a phone call, so Kristinn just got a call from somebody who is a longtime press friend of FR who was about to go nationwide with the "2nd photo" story. You've got no idea how close this was to being a train wreck.
I am told NewsMax actually got suckered on this.
The same veterans who had circulated the original Fonda-Kerry photo apparently got hold of the PhotoShop fake and didn't know it was a joke. So when these veterans contacted the press Thursday morning claiming to have a second photo -- man! A lot of valuable time was wasted as reporters contacted Associated Press trying to verify the existence of this fake photo.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be careful with this kind of stuff.
TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; Extended News; Free Republic; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: fake; fonda; freepersluvahoax; kerry; newsmaxsteals; newsmaxsuckers; photo; photoshop
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To: Jaxter
Ok, I didn't even find out about the whole thing till an hour ago, and the sitting at a rally pic was the only one I could find at Newsmax.
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posted on
02/12/2004 2:58:53 PM PST
by
John H K
To: leadpenny
That one is is a fake I believe.....
Fonda sitting at a rally and Kerry sitting back in the crowd behind her is the only real one to have surfaced to date.
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posted on
02/12/2004 2:58:55 PM PST
by
Dog
To: PetroniusMaximus
No excuse here, but anyone in publishing should have spotted the fake immediately.
Eh, no surprise, while not as bad as DUMBKA, Newsmax (and World Net Daily as well) are pretty crappy and lame and get way too much respect around here.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:00:23 PM PST
by
John H K
To: John H K
Hint, this is fake:
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:00:29 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Keep the <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">gigolo</a> out of the White House)
To: alisasny
Right. You cant overstate the case, or the press will nail the exaggeration as "unfounded rumors". Then they can bury the truth, which is bad enough.
Now there was a *real* photo of Kerry with Hubbard and Ramsey Clark and Fonda (obscured) on a stage. a B &W. To me, that was the most representative one that picturized his anti-war involvement... but his Congressional testimony is damning enough.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074196/posts
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:01:21 PM PST
by
WOSG
(Support Tancredo on immigration. Support BUSH for President!)
To: Dog; Admin Moderator
Good. At least we know The Washington Time printed the correct one yesterday.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:01:53 PM PST
by
leadpenny
((( A Vietnam Vet Who Is Not Fonda Kerry )))
To: GulliverSwift
Great likeness though.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:02:34 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(I don't belong to no organized political party. I'm a Republycan.)
To: Madstrider
Please be specific. I have seen three photographs here. One is Kerry and Fonda sitting in the audience at the Valley Forge Rally for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. This one is apparently legit. The second is one that was created, with usual excellence, by Registered. This one bears his name, and was credited to him on FR.
The third photograph I have seen shows Fonda at the microphone at that same Rally, and Kerry in the nearground holding a sheaf of papers, apparently either about to speak next or having just spoken. No one else appears in that photograph. This one I had speculated should exist in the morgue of a paper in the metro-Philly area, or in the files of the photographers who covered that Rally.
Since Fonda provided heavy financing for the Valley Forge Rally, the previous Detroit "testimony" from "claimed" Vietnam vets, and the movie, F.T.A., and Kerry was head of VVAW, it is hard to believe that they were not together at some point either when the money changed hands, or speeches were being made. So a photo like that should exist.
So, which is the apparent "fake photo" you're referring to? Is it the one that Registered created, and clearly labeled as his creation? Or is it that third photo, showing Fonda and Kerry on the stage together in Valley Forge? For those of us who have been following this subject closely, pkease state which you mean.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:03:53 PM PST
by
Congressman Billybob
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To: Dog
Also be advised that DNC pigs will play the Soviet gambit -planting false-proofs of actual events. Some sucker runs with it, gets discredited, so when the REAL proof turns up they claim "just another fake, like last time".
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:04:13 PM PST
by
Fenris6
To: Madstrider
I don't know if anyone else did, too, but I let NewsMax know of the fake, and it was down within minutes of my email.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:04:20 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Don't help elect a Democrat!)
To: Madstrider
I saw the Post: Hanoi Jane on Paul Zahn Now!
It had a fake picture. I smelled a rat. I book marked and when I went back it was gone. Fine with me it should have been deleted if it was false. However, what concerns me is the fact that it (Post number 44) was not purged or replaced with "deleted by moderator". Instead it was replaced with another picture (a fine photo of Ted) and numbered 44, as if the first picture was never there. I wrote a reply that the thing smelled like a scene from 1984.
Is it a policy of FR to replace posts already posted with more acceptable ones or was this an aberration? It looked like a cover up and that makes us look worse than the post itself. Delete it, ban it but do not pretend it never existed.
Not aimed at you,Madstrider
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:05:22 PM PST
by
TAP ONLINE
(Not a hater, just smart enough to know when I saw evil..)
To: Flyer
Is this the NewsMax pic? This is still on their server:
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:05:27 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Keep the <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">gigolo</a> out of the White House)
To: leadpenny; Dog
NewsMax grabbed the first one off this very site and claimed it as their own, without crediting FR for having found it in the first place.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:06:40 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Madstrider
Thank you for posting this thread.
I was almost part of the news scandal you mentioned above because I shared the photo with ONE PERSON and it was traced back to me. I thought the photo was real!
You'd have to be crazy to doctor a photo and leave "AP" on the photo as the source.
People need to be more responsible. It's one thing if the photo is obviously a joke but this one looked authentic. Apparently, it fooled a lot of folks. This will not earn the conservative cause any points...
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:06:57 PM PST
by
New Girl
To: Howlin
Because their budget is probably the same as the average Freeper's.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:07:39 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Keep the <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">gigolo</a> out of the White House)
To: GulliverSwift
Is this the NewsMax pic? No, it was the black & white "AP" photo that looked like a newspaper clipping. I hesitate to repost it because it would just further its dissemination.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:08:21 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Don't help elect a Democrat!)
To: TAP ONLINE
At some point last night, Registered changed the picture on HIS server that was being referenced by threads on FR. That was the one you saw of Kennedy at Hooters. Don't know if it's still up or not
To: New Girl
It's much, much easier to fake black and white pictures.
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posted on
02/12/2004 3:08:35 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Keep the <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">gigolo</a> out of the White House)
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