Manipulation of images, media, and opinion
I normally don’t discuss political topics on this blog, but this particularly struck me as an example of one of my favorite themes: the importance of ”peeling the onion”.
At first glance, it’’s just a picture of smoke from damaged buildings from the conflict in the Mideast. At second glance, it’’s a fine example of how not to embellish news photos.
Photo at http://imagesocket.com/view/reuters_fakee3e.png
(original photo was pulled.)
If you can’t figure out what’s wrong, see
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/53640
Via Metafilter
Update: Reuters fired the photographer involved.
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