Andy9o8 0 #1 July 3, 2008 Fair. Balanced. And, apparently, unafraid. (It's best to click on the link & see the photos for yourself.) http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/03/fox-news-doctors-ny-times-photos/?icid=100214839x1205054480x1200229846 Quote FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. Media Matters has graciously provided us with the before-and-after evidence showing that Fox purposefully yellowed Steinberg's teeth, widened his nose and chin, and photo-shopped his ears stick out further. Radcliffe also received the yellow-teeth treatment, as well as dark circles under his eyes, and an exaggeration of his receding hairline. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,467 #2 July 3, 2008 I like it! Can they put little flames under him too, to make him look like he is the Devil himself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #3 July 3, 2008 They aren't even done with any subtly at all. They look like political cartoons.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #4 July 3, 2008 If they hadn't been so greedy, they would have had plausible deniability. A lot of the distortions came from the change in the aspect ratio. You can do this very easily in html - include the image, but specify the width/height and the browser will resize accordingly. A color rebalancing could result in the yellow shift on the teeth. Iffy, but it's very hard to maintain colorspace/gamma in jpeg files for all viewing computers. Maybe could explain away the dark eyes this way as well. But...there's no question that they added hair to the first guy, and subtracted it from the second. The second one was so badly done you can see where the blurring was applied to the center forehead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #5 July 3, 2008 QuoteA lot of the distortions came from the change in the aspect ratio. You can do this very easily in html - include the image, but specify the width/height and the browser will resize accordingly. I think the photos were displayed on air, not on the website.Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #6 July 3, 2008 it's still a displayed graphic - still the potential for 'innocent' error. And color is even more badly mauled on NTSC than for 24bit jpegs. As I said, they couldn't leave well enough alone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 July 3, 2008 "Reuters...paging Reuters to the phone"Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #8 July 4, 2008 Quote"Reuters...paging Reuters to the phone" Yep, and here's where FOX said it was a "Media Black Eye". I guess only when it's someone else doing it.Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #9 July 4, 2008 What's amazing is not that Fox would stoop so low, but that we go to places like this for our news and believe what they tell us!!!! Even when we see how they operate, we STILL go back for more and form our opinions based on the BS they spew forth. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #10 July 4, 2008 Quote What's amazing is not that Fox would stoop so low, but that we go to places like this for our news and believe what they tell us!!!! Even when we see how they operate, we STILL go back for more and form our opinions based on the BS they spew forth. linz Oh, hell, my father-in-law has FOXNews on TV 24/7 at their house. Yet one more reason I avoid their house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 July 4, 2008 QuoteQuote"Reuters...paging Reuters to the phone" Yep, and here's where FOX said it was a "Media Black Eye". I guess only when it's someone else doing it. Yes, absolutely... like when all y'all were up in arms over the news magazine (Time, I think it was) giving Condoleeza Rice "devil eyes". Oh, wait...y'all weren't. I guess it really IS only when "someone else does it" when everyone doesn't pile on YOUR bandwagon?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #12 July 4, 2008 QuoteI guess it really IS only when "someone else does it" when everyone doesn't pile on YOUR bandwagon? I don't hear anyone saying that doctoring photos is appropriate journalism, regardless of who's doing it to whom.Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #13 July 4, 2008 QuoteQuoteI guess it really IS only when "someone else does it" when everyone doesn't pile on YOUR bandwagon? I don't hear anyone saying that doctoring photos is appropriate journalism, regardless of who's doing it to whom. I didn't say it was, either...just pointing out that it's happened before.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #14 July 4, 2008 Now, now, now. Throwing facts in the face of liberalism can be very, very unsettling to the liberals. Aren't you at all sensitive to their feelings? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #15 July 4, 2008 Quote...just pointing out that it's happened before. I can't imagine you ever doing that. Ever.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #16 July 4, 2008 Quote Quote ...just pointing out that it's happened before. I can't imagine you ever doing that. Ever. Yeah, I know - it's SO against my entire posting history in SC!!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #17 July 4, 2008 QuoteNow, now, now. Throwing facts in the face of liberalism can be very, very unsettling to the liberals. Aren't you at all sensitive to their feelings? As a long time proud member of the republican party, cool to see that all I'd have to do to be called a "liberal" here in SC is to criticize FOX news for doctoring photographs.Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leapinglizardto 0 #18 July 6, 2008 wow & it wasn't even a decent job of doctoring the pics. they look faked. & thank you for sharing the piece. I have a new sig line now. 'will I fight back no: "It would just be fighting against a pig, everyone gets dirty and the pig likes it." yes I doctored it a little. It's pretty pathetic when you have to TELL people you're fucking cool Skymama «narrative»This thread will lock in 3..2.. What a load of narrow-minded Xenophobic Bullshit!-squeak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites