Photo fakery at the New York Times

The American Thinker ^ | 1/16/2006 | Thomas Lifson

[CarrotAndStick]

For something as large as an artillery shell, wouldn't the rifling grooves be pre-cut onto the shells?

[saveliberty]

If so, I wonder why Ned Barnett would assert that it's unfired?

[Vaquero]

then were doomed

[saveliberty]

:-) No, just the description

[mewzilla]

I could find only one other photo credited to the guy who took this one. Another damage photo. The photog has a limited repertoire.

[Riley]

(And if they directed the men to stand up the old shell for a picture, then it's deception.)

At the risk of their lives- since it's been pointed out that the shell is fused. Dud ordnance is dangerous as hell to handle.

[saveliberty]

The author could have selected a better title, that's true :-)

[Semi Civil Servant]

"All The News And Fakes We See Fit To Print"

[TADSLOS]

Not a fake photo, just a propogandized one.

[saveliberty]

Good catch!

[saveliberty]

:-)

[saveliberty]

No, they will work tirelessly to make a parody of themselves. :-)

[Flightdeck]

"At the risk of their lives.."

You're right of course, but guess what we the public would have heard: "U.S. Incompetence: Dud Missile from Illegal Airstrike Kills Children Sifting through Rubble for their Murdered Parents!"

[saveliberty]

"Question not compassionate. Hand over paycheck"

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Ditter]

The NY Times must be in deep doo doo. A few weeks ago we received an invitation to subscribe. I have never subscribed, never ordered anything from them, how did they get our address. I tossed the invitation. This weekend we received a Sat and a Sun NYTs free, in our driveway in Houston. They were tossed as well, along with the rest of the trash.

[saveliberty]

Again, the author selects the title of the article.

[Rebelbase]

If you google up photos of a 155mm shell, you'll see no rifling grooves cut into the copper band near the base.

[rahbert]

The band is copper, a soft metal. I'm suprised the
tribesmen haven't pried the driving band off for sale as
scrap.

[Grut]

At a glance, it’s hard to tell the exact caliber – 152mm or 155mm...

I used Photoshop to superimpose a US M107 155mm shell on the shell in the picture; they're close enough to each other that the difference (slightly shorter and more curved nose) can be written off as deformation resulting from impact.