Photo fakery at the New York Times

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

[Vaquero]

No not necessarily. lots of artillery, for instance the projectile from the Abrams tank, is fired through a smooth bore. The big battlewagons like the USS Missouri had rifled bores.

[Wristpin]

"Fake but Accurate" is the correct media terminology I believe.

[Wisconsin]

The NYT has now put up a corrected picture showing the civilian damage and Hellfire missile parts.

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

"As long as there are trust fund babies wanting us to comply, the NYT will find someone to pay for them"


Nicely put...

[mlc9852]

They are rapidly becoming a caricature of their former selves, IMO.

[Pharmboy]

Lifson was a Freeper back in '98-'99. And, a relative of George Washington.

[ASA Vet]

Related thread from the 14th

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558168/posts

[wildandcrazyrussian]

Speaking of Muslim fakery to gain sympathy, compare the "Picture that Fooled the World", of an alleged barbed-wire concentration camp during the civil war in Bosnia in 1992, which was actually a picture of a Muslim tuberculosis sufferer in a TRANSFER camp with people free to come and go (with surrounding healthy men cropped out), and the photo was from INSIDE a storage area with barbed wire for protection against pilgerage.

But it was enough to set the stage for Clinton in 1995 to kill thousands of Christians in favor of the Muslims.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Just the person who wrote the caption is an idiot.

Additionally, it could have been an old stock photo from 2 years or more ago. The caption is the real screw up.
Even still, none of this changes the fact that there was a failed attempt to take out al Qaeda’s #2 man al Zawahiri with a missile attack from a Predator drone....which is the whole point of the story in the first plcae.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I believe that he is wrong about it being unfired. You can clearly see the rifling marks on the lower band.

[InvisibleChurch]

where is backpack guy? (of wtc fame?)

[TADSLOS]

Wasn't directed toward you, just an observation. Sorry for the confusion.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

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

That's what the copper band is for. The shell's hard metal casing would destroy the rifling on the barrel after only one firing. Plus a shell made exactly to the size of the barrel could jam. Swiss Precision would be needed on every shell. The copper band is made smooth to follow the rifling grooves of the barrel, keep the round stable, and reduce barrel wear. It's engineered to use the bare minimum of copper needed. That's definitely a fired artillery round, of what exact size I'm not sure.

[saveliberty]

Thank you!

[saveliberty]

:-) Thank you!

Great FReeper name btw

[ChildOfThe60s]

It is noteworthy that NYT and some others of its ilk choose to pull this sort of stunt using a web format. Why? Because they figure if they get caught they can pull it and two days later it's forgotton. At least it becomes very difficult to make blame stick to them for very long. Unlike what would happen if they published it in a hard format as paper or magazine.

You'll notice they do the same thing with over the top slurs of republicans. DNC, Dem politicians, left wing groups have all gone to this technique. It makes it easier for the MSM to ignore or conveniently forget in 24 hours.

[bray]

Maybe they should change their name to the New Fake Times? How many times have they been caught??

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[saveliberty]

Excellent!

psst... So does this somehow make George Washington the father of Free Republic? ;-)

[prairiebreeze]

Some of our best artillery would be put to excellent use if fired at the NY Times building.

[saveliberty]

Thank you!