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CNN: IRAN & N. KOREA REACTORS (FAKES-SAME PHOTO-VANITY)
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| Feb. 14, 2005
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Posted on 02/14/2005 7:06:06 AM PST by jslade
Believe it or not, got tipped off to these photos from a thread at DU. I'll give credit where credit is due. Looks like CNN has stepped into it again. Opinions?
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cnnplantsfalseinfo; fakes; iran; nkorea; nuclearreactors; projectkournikova; wankeronboard
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To: Bon mots
Sounds like a webmaster goof.
To: Monti Cello
"Mmmmmm....time for breakfast. Braised rabbit with a side of pancakes. "
Oh, no. Say it isn't so.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:01:27 AM PST
by
hoot2
To: TomGuy
It's there as part of a slide show. Click on the "next" under Kim.
63
posted on
02/14/2005 8:02:41 AM PST
by
Callahan
To: DannyTN
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:02:56 AM PST
by
pageonetoo
(you'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: AmishDude
That's what I thought at first, but someone else besides the webmaster should check these things out. Like perhaps the author?
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:04:27 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: jslade
I am not a super genius at that stuff, but even I can tell this is OBVIOUSLY the same reactor.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:06:06 AM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
To: SketchMD
story.suspected.site.iran.jpg
67
posted on
02/14/2005 8:09:54 AM PST
by
Washechu
To: theFIRMbss
When I was 5 years old I visited a wealthy old lady's house, and saw a cartoon on the wall. I asked her "Ma'am, did Dave (her adult son) draw that when he was little?" She answered with a laugh, "No, honey. That is a Picasso."
68
posted on
02/14/2005 8:12:25 AM PST
by
ko_kyi
To: Jay777
I'm not sure this is a big deal. N Korea has cut itself off from the world. If we had a pic of their site we wouldn't have any question. Was CNN saying these were actual photos? If so, we have something. If they were just posting a photo to show what a nuclear plant looks like, we don't. What they said in the story in reference to the pics matters a lot. I'm hoping we have something, and I hate to be skeptical. In regards to "hard news" vis a vis North Korea, it is a non-issue.
What it does show is that CNN, who along with the rest of MSM puts on such airs about it's "professionalism", is rather lazy and sloppy if not downright deceitful when they can get away with it.
Everybody and their dog knows that North Korea has a nuclear reactor. The photo was included in a little slide show next to the story : " North Korea rallies support for Kim.... U.S. rejects Pyongyang demands for direct nuclear talks.... Saturday, February 12, 2005 Posted: 1:21 PM EST (1821 GMT) "
The photo was entitled "An aerial photo of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant outside of Pyongyang."
It was given such a title when it's link documents that it's web location is: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/nkorea.nukes.ap/story.suspected.site.iran.jpg (Bold type mine.)
In other words, someone at CNN wanted to illustrate a "North Korean reactor photo", couldn't find one, was too lazy to look harder for one and then simply pulled out the "suspected.site.iran" stock photo and then gave it a false label.
Professional?
Hardly.
Journalism is not a true profession as it has no enforceable professional standards.
Can you imagine if I practiced medicine that way?
"Hey, Doc, the CT Scanner hard disk crashed and lost Mrs Smith's CT images. What should we do?"
"Well, calling her back would be too much trouble. I think it was negative so just get someone else's negative CT images, make a copy of the images and put her name on them."
I would lose my license for that.
Before the Internet, the MSM could get away with such deceit. Now, they find it much harder to do so.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:14:48 AM PST
by
Polybius
To: jslade
You were looking at DU eh, post something funny!
70
posted on
02/14/2005 8:19:55 AM PST
by
Clypp
To: Clypp
You were looking at DU eh, post something funny! Every now and then you get a decent link. As for posting something funny, use the dartboard approach. They're all good for laughs. Heading for shower now.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:29:55 AM PST
by
jslade
(People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
To: Callahan
72
posted on
02/14/2005 8:29:56 AM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: TomGuy
73
posted on
02/14/2005 8:36:59 AM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: theFIRMbss
How proud they must be! The mainstream does "news" the way Picasso does "art" . . . LOL! One of the best explanations for the word salad we see so often in liberal print media.
74
posted on
02/14/2005 9:23:14 AM PST
by
lonevoice
(Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
To: lonevoice
75
posted on
02/14/2005 9:47:47 AM PST
by
jslade
(People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
To: jslade
76
posted on
02/14/2005 10:21:56 AM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Triskaidekaphobia ? Never heard of it !)
To: TomGuy
At least you use Firefox!! ;)
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posted on
02/14/2005 10:23:47 AM PST
by
SketchMD
("Shut up I'm thinking, I had a clue now it's gone forever" ~Dave Matthews Band, Warehouse)
To: TomGuy
It appears CNN has corrected the NK story. It now is showing this:
Much better.
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posted on
02/14/2005 10:25:15 AM PST
by
SketchMD
("Shut up I'm thinking, I had a clue now it's gone forever" ~Dave Matthews Band, Warehouse)
To: al baby
Oh My!
I had to save that!
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posted on
02/14/2005 10:40:33 AM PST
by
Cold Heat
(What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
To: johnny7
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posted on
02/14/2005 10:52:09 AM PST
by
Allosaurs_r_us
(Idaho Carnivores for Conservatism)
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