Getty News plying photoshopped Iran Missile launch picture

[n2doc]

From their site:



Caption: 1 day ago: In a handout picture released on the news website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, four long and medium range missiles rise into the air after being test-fired at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert on July 9, 2008. Iran today test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war.
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gjafLz8Zg5wW/missiles_iran

Now look:



http://toddumbarger.blogspot.com/2008/07/iran-missile-photo-hoax.html

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. funny that...the original is available on their site as well...

http://www.daylife.com/photo/07z0fO0d5I2d3/missiles_iran

sP

[AllexxisF1]

2. They are clearly different.

Moreover....did they not launch these missiles...yes. So what is the outrage?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. the outrage is ...

the image has been altered to exaggerate what actually happened. if you do not believe that has been photoshopped then you are just not in reality. news organizations are supposed to report what actually happened...not augment it!

sP

[Name removed]

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[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. i guess integrity of the news is nothing to you

you can say i need medication all you want...but the fact is these images are altered versions of reality...they should NOT be presented as a news item...but hey...who cares what the media does...right?

sP

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. Get A Grip.

You're embarrassing yourself.

[tridim]

17. As an impartial observer, you're embarrassing yourself.

By your logic these two statements are the same:

OMC is a DU'er.

OMC is a rapist.

I only changed one word. No big deal eh?

[Vickers]

19. OMG!

How could you accuse someone of being a DUer??!?!??!??!!

LIBELOUS!

:spank:

[lame54]

29. They'll never live it down

[tridim]

34. Can you point me to the joke? I must have missed that thread.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. Horribly Distorted Analogy. Pretty Dumb One Actually.

An accurate analogy would be:

OMC is a DU'er

omc is a DU'er

End result? Who gives a rat's fat ass.

[tridim]

30. The end result could be the Neocons nuking Iran.

It's a big deal.

Altered propaganda like this will be used as their reasoning if they achieve their goals.

[Zuiderelle]

43. More like...

OMC is a DU'er

OMC is not a DU'er


End result? One's truth, and one's not.

[davekriss]

36. ProdigalJunkMail is not embarassing himself

However, your retorts put you in an embarassing light. I have issue with any news media augmenting photos of military matters for the purpose of creating heightened fear in its audience and thus heightened capacity to accept another war. You think everyone here would agree, given the obvious hype and lies that led to the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq.

[Phred42]

23. Agree! Photoshopped photos = Propaganda, Not News.

[Jokerman]

16. You need to get your head out of your ass.

It's shameless propaganda, pure and simple.

Any reputable news organization should know better.

If it doesn't embellish the story, then why would they bother to change the image?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

22. Get A Grip.

You're embarrassing yourself.

[Javaman]

38. You have to get newer material. nt

[Jokerman]

42. You're embarrassing the rest of us. n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Why did they have to photoshop it? That's horribly bad journalism.

It throws the credibility of the picture down the toilet. You think that's minor?

[spanone]

32. so falsifying pictures to increase the fear factor doesn't bother you? get a grip

[cags]

20. It appear the Iranian government augmented it not the news organization

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

4. This Has To Be One Of The Dumbest Things I've Ever Seen.

Talk about the 'who gives a fuck' category.

Are the missiles real? Was the test firing real? My God some people need to get out more and get a life.

[Clark2008]

14. Let me put this another way...

If the photos are doctored to show more missles than were actually fired, who's to say the photos weren't doctored, entirely, and Iran really shot off only bottle rockets celebrating the anniversary of the July 9 freedom movements (http://aryamehr11.blogspot.com/2006/07/9-july-18-tir-historical-date-in.html).

That's the point.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

24. Yoo DO know you are, in all likelihood, defending orwellian tactics by the IRANIAN govt, don't you?

See real pics below.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. Wrong.

What I'm doing is laughing my ass off at the obsessed irrational fools that thought Getty did this or that thinks regardless of who did it, it's worthy of some gasping shock.

I'm appalled I tells you! APPALLED!!!! LMAO

Some of you really need to get out more.

Get a grip.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. It's a reasonable first assumption until new information arrives.

SOME people don't go into denial when they are wrong, they admit it.

[Blecht]

25. I guess 75% reality, 25% fantasy is good enough for you

"Are the missiles real? Was the test firing real? " Only 3 missiles were actually launched in that frame, but the photo was altered to show 4: 75% was real - 25% wasn't.

I personally give a fuck when news organizations get involved in government propaganda.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. Get A Grip.

You're embarrassing yourself.

[Javaman]

40. man, you are like a broken record.

with your cut and paste talents I think your tools and skill set would be better served in the repub camp.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

44. Get A Grip.

You're embarrassing yourself.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

46. this quote from your profile might need to be removed

given your attitudes and actions on this thread...

OMC Profile :
Comment: It's all about integrity, respect, honesty, decency, open mindedness, fairness, and genuine desire to wish good upon all. That is why I'm a liberal.

I can see you having a problem with at least a couple of these...

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[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

49. You See A Lot Of Things That Are Overreactionary, Exaggerated, Or Simply Not True.

So who gives a shit?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

50. when the media does it, I CARE...

when some schmoe on the internet tells me I need medication because of it...i kind of laugh a little...especially after reading from your profile...that comment is pretty much a joke when applied to the person you make yourself on this thread.

some people give a shit about the integrity of the news they are fed...you don't have to though.

sP

[Javaman]

53. Thanks for highlighting my point.

Oh and as for getting a grip and embarrassing myself, you seem to be very good and doing both yourself.

queue the lame response in 3...2...1...

[Blecht]

41. No embarrassment here

The only embarrassment I see is in your mind. Enjoy your little world where you project your own feelings of embarrassment onto people posting on an Internet message board.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

45. Just Because You Don't Feel It Doesn't Mean You're Not Doing It.

To the sane and rational that come here to view those showing their outrage over this look like petty irrational fools that need to get a grip.

[Jokerman]

51. If you're the spokesperson for the "sane & rational", we're in deep shit.

[Javaman]

39. for someone with the name "operationmindcrime" you seem to

contradict your moniker with your opinions in this thread.

Propaganda is all about altering ones thoughts.

[Vickers]

6. Hey, maybe they should show that Bush speech where the troops are

duplicated several times, to show support for the impending Iranian invasion!

:patriot:

I can't believe some folks think this is OK...media manipulation is never OK.

[Spacemom]

11. I agree

Either the media reports the truth or a fiction. I prefer the truth.

[spanone]

8. we all know in bu$hworld you can't start a war with honesty

it's also on the front page of nytimes website www.nytimes.com

[cags]

10. Ok the website says that Iran released the pictures... Who photoshopped it and why? I don't get it

[paparush]

12. In the ORIGINAL picture...the misslie in the middle did not fire..its still sitting on its launcher.

SO..the IRANIAN gov 'chopped the picture to give the appearence that all 4 missiles launched flawlessly.

Original Image:



'Chopped Image:


http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/

(edited to add link goodness)

[mainegreen]

33. Well, Iran sucks at teh photoshop dont they?

Just the poor use of cloning and blur around that fake missile makes my eyes water.

[paparush]

37. My Name's Donny, and you Iranians suck at Photoshop...

[Renew Deal]

13. Why do you assume that Getty images did it?

[n2doc]

35. Read the op- doesn't say THEY did it, just that they are selling it. n/t

[PATRICK]

15. It looks like

they wanted more symmetry or something for the grouping, added a missile but repeated a dust grouping for
correct shade and lighting. It clashes with the explicit stating of three groups of three. So that calls into question their entire photo editing staff, procedures, rationale, coordination with actual facts(if they ARE going to sex up photos) and professionalism and trustworthiness in general.

That bad, that arrogant, that sloppy and that untrustworthy. A smart shopper knows then to use other sources. A kid with his camera taking a photo and putting it honestly online is worth more than all the millions spent on the corporate crap that can't help ruining a simple product. They should go broke and they aren't worth going to.

Insidious? In such a corrupt product the salmonella of propaganda can propagate easily, on demand or by sheer accident.

[Alcibiades]

28. They also cropped out a launcher

Don't know why. Maybe they thought it looked kinda dinky?

[uppityperson]

47. Poor journalism, no matter what.

The picture looks more dramatic with more SMOKE and not a tiny rocket launcher indeed, and that 4th photoshopped missile balances it out more artistically.

[Bright Eyes]

48. Damn.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/

[LiberalAndProud]

52. Now on MSNBC.com. One missile failed ...

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/10/1191157.aspx

As the media editor working the msnbc.com home page yesterday, I was frustrated with the quality of a fuzzy video image we published of the Iranian missile launch. So I was thrilled when the top image crossed the news wires. Today, I learned that the image was apparently manipulated, possibly to hide the fact that one missile failed. Many major U.S. newspapers and news websites ran the photo as well.  Read more about it here: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/index.html?hp