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Are old photos of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman deceptive?
msnbc ^ | 3/31/2012 | AP

Posted on 03/31/2012 4:35:23 AM PDT by tobyhill

When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot.

Both photos are a few years old and no longer entirely accurate. Yet they may have helped shape initial public perceptions of the deadly shooting.

When you have such a lopsided visual comparison, it just stands to reason that people would rush to judgment," said Kenny Irby, who teaches visual journalism at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The most widely seen picture of Martin, released by his family, was evidently taken a few years ago and shows a smiling, round-cheeked youngster in a red T-shirt. But at his death, Martin was 17 years old, around 6 feet tall and, according to his family's attorney, about 140 pounds.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackkk; enemedia; florida; georgezimmerman; medialynchmob; trayvon; trayvonmartin; trayvonmartinphotos; zimmerman
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To: mardi59

Guess the MSM needs to get up to date on street slang.

BOth Skittles and AZ tea are also slang terms for drugs.


41 posted on 03/31/2012 6:50:51 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Stand with God anhttp://sanfordfl.gov/inved Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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To: hoosiermama

Thank you.

It will be interesting to find out from the convenience store if Martin had actually purchased Skittles and AZ Tea from them, and if he had such goods on his person.

(What are Skittles anyway, candy?)


42 posted on 03/31/2012 6:58:07 AM PDT by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell. Signed, a fanatic)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

AP, cited on MSNBC, asks a rhetorical question. Thanks tobyhill.


43 posted on 03/31/2012 7:20:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: BilLies
I checked the Orlando Sentinel for the earliest reports of the shooting.

The photo they ran with that story was doctored. Original vs. amateur Photoshop job:


44 posted on 03/31/2012 7:22:16 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses

Thanks, filed in my Zimmerman/Trayvon folder.


45 posted on 03/31/2012 7:25:48 AM PDT by BilLies (Ass.Press ABCBSNBCNN, NYTimes, WaPOSt , etc., hate your Traditional American guts!)
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To: tobyhill

The Obama lapdog media is inciting a lynch mob for “Whitey Zimmerman”. An election Obama’s likely to lose cannot be tolerated to occur without chaos surrounding it. - Simple.

Innocent until proven guilty goes by the wayside when convenient.


46 posted on 03/31/2012 7:59:24 AM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Jimmy4Toes

If they are going to write an article about old photos and current photos, why in the world would they not show the current pics to finish making the point?

Describing a picture is not the same as showing the picture in context of the article.

Just another case of the MSM trying to counteract bias charges without really showing their shameful and shoddy work.


47 posted on 03/31/2012 8:04:10 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: tobyhill
Both photos are a few years old and no longer entirely accurate. Yet they may have helped shape initial public perceptions of the deadly shooting.

They would be even less accurate for a growing child ... like Trayvon.

48 posted on 03/31/2012 9:59:46 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Newt says, "A nominee that depresses turnout won't beat Barack Obama.")
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To: Vendome

They are trying to wash all that blood off their hands after a week of black race hate incitment.


49 posted on 03/31/2012 11:59:23 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: joe fonebone
weight between 160 and 190 pounds...

Is that with, or without the Skittles and Arizona Tea?

50 posted on 03/31/2012 1:10:33 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: mardi59

So.... ‘no limit nigga’ stands for ‘open season on whitey’?


51 posted on 03/31/2012 1:13:03 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: mac_truck
The police report is just an estimate, Martin wasn't carrying identification.

And he just wouldn't stand up straight when they put him on the scales.

52 posted on 03/31/2012 1:16:12 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: tobyhill


53 posted on 03/31/2012 4:34:39 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: tobyhill
Yet they may have helped shape initial public perceptions of the deadly shooting.

'May have helped?'

The only pics we have not seen are Trayvon's baby pictures. Perhaps- if there are any - they are saving them for release as 'Album'; around Election time.

54 posted on 04/01/2012 12:29:16 AM PDT by cricket (. It is more than the economy. . .and Newt knows it.)
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