For those who missed this in the Samizdata comment section a few days ago, take a look at this and make of it what you will.
Horray for Hollywood Pallywood. Truth is all in the editing it would seem.
Update: And that applies to still images as well. Reuter’s has its ‘Dan Rather moment’ as a picture of the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike is proven to be a Photoshop ‘enhancement’
Reminds me of the infamous incubator incident from the first gulf war.
An valuable reminder that even irregular forces develop effective propaganda divisions.
However, when I see a video talking about how you shouldn’t trust what you see on video – well, I’m bound to ask who made it, and why, and who paid them….
Hense “make of it what you will”
Hilarious! And the Oscar for best slapstick goes to……..
Mind you, isn’t the Palestine health service wonderful? You can get an ambulance quicker than a yellow cab in New York!
The Dan Rather moment of Photo Agencies?.
http://photos.reuters.com/news/newsPhotoPresentation.aspx?type=photoSearch&imageID=2006-08-05T193003Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-COL.XML
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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21956_Reuters_Doctoring_Photos_from_Beirut&only
luckylucky, good one. Article updated.
Unfortunately, when someone tries to make counter-propaganda one inevitably ends up with propaganda himself – even if for a good cause.
The only film that I saw that tries to deal with these issues analytically, and to make a point beyond preaching to converted, was shown for some reason in art gallery – in Royal College in London some years ago, I think it was called “Case history”
Good Lord, I had no idea is was quite as rank as this! Yet I cannot imagine the professional journos can have missed this all these years. I suppose as long as they get their “dramatic newsworthy moment”, why let a little issue like the truth get in the way?
I never though it possible that my distrust of the media could get worse than it already was. It seems I was wrong.