Posted on 08/07/2006 6:37:03 AM PDT by pissant
Early last evening, for reasons that I don’t recall, I had CNN on. As is the network’s wont, the anchor-person was tediously touting CNN’s allegedly extraordinary abilities to cover the Israel-Hezbollah war. CNN’s long-standing conceit is that while Fox gets better ratings, for hard news there is no place else to go but CNN.
Part of CNN’s coverage of the war includes reliance on the local networks of the region. CNN monitors these networks; when they have images of sufficient newsworthiness, CNN passes these images along on a real-time basis. Among the networks CNN relies on for its unique brand of hard news is the Al-Manar network, the network owned and operated by Hezbollah.
In other words, the credulous news gatherers at CNN deem Hezbollah a sufficiently reliable news provider to pass on the organization’s “coverage” without critique, review or commentary. Given that Charles Johnson, Allah and others in the blogosphere have brilliantly shown that even an organization as estimable as Reuters (giggle) has been passing off pro-Hezbollah propaganda as news throughout the war, this seems like a breathtakingly irresponsible move on CNN’s part.*
CNN’s explanation for this policy? Based in Lebanon, Al-Manar often gets to “the scene” first. According to this explanation, Al-Manar’s reliability or lack thereof does not seem to factor into the equation. After this explanation of CNN’s rigorous coverage, the network returned to its exhaustive reportage of the human cost of the war. In this case, we looked at the humans hardest hit – the Lebanese children.
I didn’t stick around long enough to see if all the Israeli children that Hezbollah wants to annihilate merited a mention.
*The blogosphere’s work exposing Reuters is the most important thing ever accomplished in this virtual world. Kudos and thanks are due to Charles and all the others involved in this undertaking. If by some chance you’re new to this scandal, be sure to follow the links.
I trust them to be on the side of the Dems.
And the side of the jihadis. Or is that redundant with Dems?
With CNN it has always been just being there. The truth of the matter or the veracity of those providing the information is even less than secondary.
Yep. Eason Jordan admitted as much about having access to Saddam in Iraq prior to the war. And how many CNN reporters over the years have spent time on their knees in front of Castro, much like they are doing for Chavez now?
And as bad as Anderson Cooper is, he's still better than Aaron Brown. LOL
CNN lives in a world where they drink from a river called denial.
I think it's even worse than that. I think many KNOW they are putting out false propaganda, but they think that is their role, to damage America and its storied history.
Perfect. That CNN salary is apparently keeping him well fed.
All one has to see is the whacko philosophy of CNN's founder, ted turner.
Nutso guy starts CNN, and the rest falls in place.
The worst part about CNN is that they have separate programming for overseas. That programming is virulently anti American.
Soon it became Clinton News Network, and now we have Crescent News Network.
This company ought to register as a foreign lobbyist.
And Turner is no differnt or more radical than the editors at Time, The NY Times, Boston Globe, ABC, CBS, the AP, etc etc.
"The blogosphere’s work exposing Reuters is the most important thing ever accomplished in this virtual world. Kudos and thanks are due to Charles and all the others involved in this undertaking. If by some chance you’re new to this scandal, be sure to follow the links." ~ Hugh Hewitt
Here are some shortcuts - includes FReeper comments:
Reuters Admits Photo Fakery!
Reuters ^ | 8-6-06 | Reuters
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts
Reuters admits altering Beirut photo --- Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs, photographers point out 'blatant evidence of manipulation.' Reuters' head of PR says in response, 'Reuters has suspended photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to photograph.' Photographer who sent altered image is same Reuters photographer behind many of images from Qana, which have also been subject of suspicions for being staged ~ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286966,00.html
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Compare original and doctored photos here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=155#155
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Its on Drudge: http://www.drudgereport.com/ The first two Drudge headlines are now an uppercut and roundhouse right to the jaw of Islamofascist-symp Reuters. ~ 166 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=166#166
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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
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=311#311
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"Even a picture isn't worth a thousand words anymore, especially if its from the MSM."
I can't help but wonder why we continue to refer to them as the main stream media instead of accurately referring to them as the socialist/communist media?~ 21
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678470/posts?page=21#21
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"What would we do without the brilliant folks here at FR...and the Internet! These clowns would get away with everything! "
Makes you wonder what they got away with in the past, doesn't it? ~ 43 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=43#43
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Now if they could just admit that 90% of their stories are doctored as well. ~ 54 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=54#54
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'Which begs the question, BEFORE the internet, just how much did they show and tell us that wasn't true?'
Do you remember that old show, "The Outer Limits"? The MSM controlled all that you saw or heard. Walter Cronkite visited VietNam around the time of the '68 Tet offensive, one of the most decisive victories for the American and So V'Namese military. Cronkite went on TV and told the American people that Nam was "unwinnable" and he and the rest of the American press turned this victory into a loss. Think that could happen today? ~ 77
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=77#77
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"They may have brought down public opinion some but fully 35% of the public is aware of their treachery. They can try all they want but they can't succeed unless the internet starts getting regulated."
I don't take much solace in this. The "35%" is essentially the same number who are solid conservatives. This is nothing more than the traditional political split in this country. That being approximately 1/3 Conservative, 1/3 DemocRAT, and 1/3 swing voters with their heads up their A$$. Things have changed with the Internet, but not really. Those who don't want to believe will not despite the facts being beamed at them at the speed of light. ~ 251
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=251#251
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I guess next we can look forward to pics babies being bayonetted by evil jews/ Maybe mushroom clouds over hospitals? Maybe an evil jew chewing on a babies detached arm? Reuters, you can do so much better! How bout a pic of Isreal soldiers gang raping a 12 your old girl? ~ 137
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=137#137
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Drive-By-Media totally busted again by FR! ~ 29 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=29#29
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ok so FR was the first to notice this fake pic? This is the first i have heard about it so i don;t know the details ~ 34
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=34#34
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Little Green Football gets that honor, but the expertise of people here were used to prove the fake. ~ 37
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=37#37
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******* An aside - Back on May 29, 2006: Reuters employee issues 'Zionist pig' death threat to Little Green Footballs 5/29/06)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640202/posts
Here's the thread where it was first pointed out on FR yesterday: ~ 40 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=40#40
Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut? [photo inside]
Little Green Footballs ^ | 8-5-2006 Posted on 08/05/2006 6:52:31 PM EDT by Hadean
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678470/posts
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. http://www.freerepublic.com/images/freepathon/fr_britt-vi.jpg
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.
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More doctored photos from Hajj/Reuters? Jawa Report ^ | 8/6/2006
August 06, 2006 Reuters Doctoring Beirut Photos (Updated) Scroll down for updates. The photo below is attributed to Adnan Hajj, of the Reuters news agency. The photo alleges to show smoke covering the Beirut sky. The problem with the photo is that it is that it has been doctored to make it appear that an Israeli missile strike did much more damage than it actually did. Adnan Hajj also took the photos of dead children at Qana. Allegations have arisen that the Qana photos were part of a staged event put on by Hezbollah operatives. There is no doubt... ~ 208 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=208#208
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USA Today doctors photo of Condi Rice: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=211#211
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1945 in history:
FROM REUTERS (DATELINE: 8/6/1945): "American crewmembers pose before their mission which killed tens of thousands of innocent Japanese whose country is engaged the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere project, which has the goal of freeing their fellow Asians from the clutches of European and American colonialism." ~ click to see picture: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=236#236
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More examples of old media "glitches." Pix of Bush - words on TV screen: "Sniper wanted": http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images/20000810_xnjdo_threat.jpg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts?page=265#265
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Thanks for the posting. It captures the story well. And we need to keep the momentum up. It's not just the pictures that are false propaganda......THE STROIES ARE LIES AS WELL.
You're welcome. No doubt Rush and Hannity will be on this big time today, which will give even more momentum to the story. bttt
Hewey the closet RINO wants people to believe he never watches CNN. Its his favorite cable outlet. LOL
Does this mean our truce is off? LOL
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