Manipulation of images, media, and opinion

8/6/2006

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.