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From LGF- note comparisons, animations, and "comments"--

Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut?

OK, now things are getting weird.

This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop “clone” tool to add more smoke to the image. (Hat tip: Mike.)

It’s so incredibly obvious, it reminds me of the faked CBS memos. Smoke simply does not contain repeating symmetrical patterns like this, and you can see the repetition in both plumes of smoke. There’s really no question about it.

But it’s not only the plumes of smoke that were “enhanced.” There are also cloned buildings. (See below.)

Smoke billows from burning buildings destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut’s suburbs August 5, 2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack. REUTERS/Adnan Hajj

UPDATE at 8/5/06 5:15:55 pm:

Rob at Left & Right has isolated some repeating elements. Check out his animated GIF showing one section that is very obviously cloned.

Ace has been saying for a week that mainstream media is headed for a major meltdown, by outsourcing so much of their reporting to low-paid foreign stringers with highly questionable loyalties and ethics.

This looks like that meltdown.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 5:32:28 pm:

Here’s another animated GIF I just put together, showing another section that is very obviously duplicated:

And here’s a zoomed-in version of the above cloning example (step back from the monitor for the best view of the effect):

UPDATE at 8/5/06 6:01:37 pm:

Here is a slightly larger (but slightly lower quality) version of the photograph: Reuters Photo.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 6:52:08 pm:

Professional sports photographers are discussing the image here: SportsShooter.com - Odd photo from Lebanon...

Verdict: obvious fraud.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 7:04:54 pm:

The photographer who took this picture (probably also the person who doctored it), Adnan Hajj, is rather well-known to LGF readers. In fact, rather well-known to the entire world.

He also took this infamous photograph from Qana of the guy in the green helmet, parading a dead body around for pictures, featured on the front pages of newspapers worldwide: Yahoo! News Photo.

A rescuer carries the body of a toddler victim of an Israeli air raid on Qana that killed more than 60 people, the majority of them women and children, in south Lebanon, July 30, 2006. REUTERS/Adnan Hajj (LEBANON)

UPDATE at 8/5/06 8:11:06 pm:

IMPORTANT!

The possible original for this faked photo has been discovered. And it was taken on July 26, 2006, credited to the Associated Press, by Ben Curtis: Yahoo! News Photo. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Notice the lower right area of this photo, and compare to lower left of the doctored photo. Notice how all the buildings line up perfectly, including the oddly shaped building on the horizon. I’m putting together another overlay to make it painfully obvious.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 8:33:02 pm:

Here’s the overlay showing the common area of these two photos, clearly cropped from a larger panorama shot.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 9:17:20 pm:

A point to note: regardless of whether you agree that the July 26 photo is cropped from the same panorama shot as today’s (I still think it is), it is still damning evidence — because the one from today shows buildings that don’t exist in the earlier photo, even though they are clearly from the same angle.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 10:19:23 pm:

Allahpundit calls it “The worst photoshop I’ve ever seen,” and corrects Reuters’ lousy Photoshop work.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 10:23:49 pm:

Michelle Malkin reminds us of Reuters’ news-gathering policy, from the Reuters website:

“Our policy is to send news to our customers only after scrutiny by a group of production editors who ensure quality standards are maintained across all our news services. When we get something wrong, our policy is to be honest about errors and to correct them promptly and clearly.”

UPDATE at 8/5/06 10:27:13 pm:

If you’d like to ask Reuters “what the hell?” here is their contact page: Contact Us | Reuters.com.

UPDATE at 8/5/06 10:30:31 pm:

Jeff Harrell says, “Adnan Hajj isn’t even trying anymore.”

UPDATE at 8/5/06 10:48:59 pm:

Publius Pundit has another photo from the series. (Heh™.)   link: 828 comments

#205 westbankmama  8/6/2006 03:45AM PDT
 

Charles has made it into the MSM - at least in Israel. Ynet is writing about his doctored photo post here:

http://www.ynetnews....


6 posted on 08/06/2006 4:41:58 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
Hey back I have a question.

Could the pacifier on the baby be photo-shopped???

17 posted on 08/06/2006 4:45:59 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: backhoe
What would we do without the brilliant folks here at FR...and the Internet!

These clowns would get away with everything!

18 posted on 08/06/2006 4:46:25 AM PDT by Guenevere (Israel, our friend and ally.....God bless her.)
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To: backhoe

Thanks for that, you da best...


38 posted on 08/06/2006 4:57:33 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: backhoe
Good job! Here's the one they're going with as the corrected photo....
46 posted on 08/06/2006 4:59:55 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: backhoe

Great post Backhoe.


74 posted on 08/06/2006 5:12:57 AM PDT by pissant
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To: backhoe

Thanks. When I first seen that picture, I thought, "WOW! I didn't know Beirut was as populated as Hong Kong."


112 posted on 08/06/2006 5:29:30 AM PDT by moonman (`)
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To: backhoe
"Identifying falsified images can be straightforward if you know a few tricks."

Shouldn't Reuters subject ALL their photographs to simple statistical and technical tests prior to going out over the wires? Aren't they responsible for quality control, veracity, provenance and content? Or does forwarding an antisemite agenda trump all other considerations in the eyes of Herr Reuters' heirs?

This is Lucy Ramirez level sophistication. I certainly hope the source of this photograph is fired, at the least. What controls are in place to prevent this from happening again?

Like the political bias of CBS (huge, endemic, pervasive and deeply ingrained) does Reuters' bias insinuate itself into all its reporting, to point of rendering it a not so subtle propaganda machine for one side in this conflict? NOTE TO REUTERS CUSTOMERS: May I point out that was a rhetorical question, since you do not seem to be very quick on the uptake?

183 posted on 08/06/2006 6:12:09 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
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Sheesh! The embedded liberals and biased sympathizers know no limits.

Notice how NONE OF THESE MEDIA COVERUPS ARE EVER SKEWED TO HELP CONSERVATIVES?

SCREW THEM ALL!
308 posted on 08/06/2006 8:39:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: backhoe

Great job.

AP should sue Reuters for plagerism as it appears the Reuters took their photo, photo shopped it and then put out their altered reality as their photo.


311 posted on 08/06/2006 8:42:43 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: backhoe
MSM Busted again....
(Danged Freepers again)
332 posted on 08/06/2006 9:39:08 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: backhoe

Good post backhoe.

Thank God for the educated wise eyes of the Pajama People all around the Net for their dedication to ferret out the truth from the lies fed to us by the Evil MSM.

I truly hate the MSM, like the Devil, they mix a little truth with a lot of lies to confuse us.


426 posted on 08/06/2006 12:29:18 PM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: backhoe
Great stuff, Backhoe. Stripping off a few pixels and a little enhancement, even four or five of the the clone stamps of the smoke can easily be seen.


447 posted on 08/06/2006 1:34:15 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: backhoe
I was just trying to get caught up on all the threads about this fake. Drudge and Worldnet Daily give credit to LGF for spotting this. Also Israeli papers are giving them the hat tip. Did Freepers break this first? Just checking. It seems Freepers are missed a lot- like on the Dan Rather forgery -when credit is given.
I remember the first mention on this from a Free Republic thread and although I have no computer skills I remember thinking that it really did look fake.
464 posted on 08/06/2006 2:46:24 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
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To: backhoe

bttt


472 posted on 08/06/2006 3:02:47 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: backhoe

Excellent work, FRiend.


496 posted on 08/06/2006 6:17:14 PM PDT by indcons (The MilHist ping list is back in operation :))
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To: backhoe

The Guard documents were much better fakes than this.


575 posted on 08/07/2006 12:58:41 PM PDT by rockthecasbah (Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.)
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