Down the Rabbit Hole ( More NY Times Photo fauxtography ? )

Little Green Footballs ^ | August 09, 2006

[george76]

this New York Times photograph of a crowd of Lebanese refugees:

This is probably nothing.

If it’s photo manipulation, it’s certainly an incredibly mundane example, and I can’t think of a reason why anyone would do it.

I’m tossing this to the lizardoid community for comment from the other photoshop geeks out there, without rendering any judgment yet.

In other words, I am not saying this is a definite fake; I know we’ve got quite a few experts at digital manipulation among our readers, and I’m sincerely asking for their opinions.

But look at the image of the man in the lower right corner; the more I examine it, the more it resembles a man’s head crudely pasted onto the body of a woman. Note the scarf under his chin, the outlines of something else at the right of his head, and more artifacts at the top and left of his head.

And note the rest of the clothing, which resembles the other women’s clothing much more than the men’s. The lighting of his face seems off, as well.

[okie01]

But whatever was the point of faking it?

"Diversity"?

[Shermy]

Old thread .. memory banks deleted.. rebooting...whirrrr .. clunk .. clunk .. whirrrRR!..

Now I remember. Wise ME propagandist know guilt ridden western white liberals don't react with reflexive sympathy anymore to pics of Middle Easterners in distress.

[Tokra]

[NCC-1701]

Where's Looter Guy? He seems to make it to all thes shindigs.