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To: sam_paine
I get it, you get it, but what about your granny's friend that watches Nightly News? I haven't really found a single site that has an explanation tailored to them, and I don't think I'm capable either. Any recommendations?

That's the problem with web-based stuff-- you have to follow all the links, search the comments for further fact-checking, links, etc., and pull it together yourself-- it's why people still watch the nightly news. Damn it.

Nonetheless, let me take a stab at it:

Here's where it started:


Over at LGF, Charles runs an explosive expose on al-Reuters doctoring photos from Beirut. The implications of such deceit are staggering. link: 816 comments |


Here's where it stand today:

The Larger Issue

Richard at EU Referendum has some very apt comments on the Reuters Photoshop Scandal, and the likelihood that photos of the aftermath of the Qana bombing were staged by Hizballah. I’ve tried to bring up this subject in every interview, because I agree with Richard that this practice is much more insidious than clumsy image editing.


A synopsis of better links:

Kudos to LGF for spotting the photoshopping. And to the Freepers who helped demonstrate the fakery. Ace o' Spades, Hot Air, and Left & Right get honorable mentions as well. JPod at the Corner also notes Charles' takedown of Reuters.

48 posted on 08/08/2006 12:15:53 PM PDT by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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To: backhoe
it's why people still watch the nightly news. Damn it.

Ain't THAT it in a nutshell! ? ! I see so many people in my own family, from grandparents down to niece/nephew, that are just so consumed in their life that they miss all this other stuff completely.

People I know, who are not ignorant by any means, are not even aware that Iran Achmadinmybadinmyjob has verbally threatened Israel's right to exist, much less that Dan Rather was a forger/enabler, much less that all American Newspapers pull their propaganda directly from the Reuters/Goebbels newsfeed!

Even FOX NEWS has not managed to meet the challenge of beating the Nightly News with a "Blog Summary". THe best they have, for crying out loud, is a car-chase with mascara.

Oy. Vey.

50 posted on 08/08/2006 12:45:14 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: backhoe; TET1968
You know, reading some of these other links (thanks!), I have to admit, the best, most concise summary of the lying, including references to the photog in question might just be----this Reuters Site!
51 posted on 08/08/2006 12:50:27 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: backhoe; TET1968; yoely
Finally found it! Perfect "Nightly News" soundbite-size for the quick attention spanners in our family and friends we all know and love!!!

http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp

From the yoely thread:

A MUST SEE!!!, EXPOSING THE "MAIN STREAM MEDIA" FRAUD.

54 posted on 08/10/2006 3:14:43 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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