News Agencies caught distorting pictures

[piwo]

www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp

It's a link to a short film clip. Worth the watch if you really want to see how news agencies are distorting images to get "THEIR" message out, not necessarily the truth. This won't make the anti-semites happy, but this is why the so called "NEWS" outlets deserve their biased reputation as makers of news, not reporters of it.

[bescheid]

piwo

Thank you for presenting this! It is an excellent lesson for many in the powers of observation. A professional analyst and research investigator will catch these flaws with normal photo analysis, and then present their findings in a written situation /analysis report. But, this may not be expected of the general public lacking in these skills.

The written word, is subject to mis-information and half truths {an aberration of the truth}, the eye witness to any event, is subject to mis-interpretation by the individual through ignorance, lack of knowledge and leading by the examiner. Whilst, the photo is extremely subject to tampering.

The news agencies: subject to slanting, misrepresentation of facts and information, half truths/half lies and ignorance of the facts they are seeking.

The world we live in has not changed, it only has shifted. For not every thing is as it appears.

Charles

[kaima]

In my life I have witnessed about four events that were later reported in the news. Either my eye witness experience was so poor or the reporting was so poor that I could only say the news was about 15% accurate.

As a historian and one who enjoys history, this makes me quite skeptical about historians going back to "primary sources" when they investigate events. I can only conclude that history is largely just a fine fiction, despite our best efforts. At least the general storyline probably bears some resemblance to the truth, if only by accident. We can start out by reading Caesar with a jaundiced eye...

I figure the Jewish and the British (and Americans) have some of the most highly honed propaganda machines in existence, so I have to wonder where the truth lies.

The irony is that the American press has such a reputation for having a strong "liberal bias" and among anti-Semites of being "Jewish controlled". Yet these propaganda photos are published.

Thus I am extremely reluctant to judge someone or some event by news reports.

Thanks for posting the link.

Kai

[leslie]

Czesc Kai
I passed the link to a friend of mine who is a professional photographer and his principal comment was "If you want to catch a thief, set a thief to work' or even 'Who watches the watchers?'!!!
Leslie

[hollister]

I have long been intrigued with the idea of how pictures are used to tell a story and how they are used to form/mold opinions.
In that vein I enjoy the blog at bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/
What the guy does is put a picture from somewhere in the print media and offers a few suggestion/ possible interpretations of how the picture is framed - what is shows and how it shows it etc...
Sometimes I agree with the analysis - sometimes I don't but it always makes me think.
I have become MUCH more critical of the images that are presented as "news."

[piwo]

The irony is that the American press has such a reputation for having a strong "liberal bias" and among anti-Semites of being "Jewish controlled". Yet these propaganda photos are published.

Well, the strong liberal bias is not dispelled based on this episode (in my opinion anyway), but I couldn't agree more with part two: the Jewish conspiracy running our country. If that was truly the case, then of course this wouldn't be happening.

And yes, there are bodies being pulled from rubble (both sides), and yes there are weeping stare baba's, and fires and all the rest. BUT, when you have to artificially create them to push your agenda, then it's a different story altogether.

[sciwriter]

Much has been written about the overwhelming hostility to
> > Israel in the media. The following article from the well
> > known website littlegreenfootballs.com is very enlightening
> > on this subject. Keep in mind that the Arab oil producers have big money to spend on telling the Arab people what they want them to hear.
From an e-mail. Carl:


> > How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?
> >
> > The vast majority of the TV news pictures you see are
> > produced by two TV news companies. Presented here is a case
> > for how a large amount of money has been used to inject a
> > clear bias into the heart of the global TV news gathering
> > system. That this happens is not at question, whether it is
> > by accident or design is harder to tell.
> >
> > You may not realize it, but if you watch any TV news
> > broadcast on any station anywhere in the world, there is a
> > better than even chance you will view pictures from APTN.
> > BBC, Fox, Sky, CNN and every major broadcaster subscribes to
> > and uses APTN pictures. While the method by which they
> > operate is interesting, it is the extra service this US
> > owned and UK based company offers to Arab states that is
> > really interesting.
> >
> > About the Associated Press
> >
> > The Associated Press (AP) is a not-for-profit news gathering
> > and dissemination service based in the US.Formed in 1848,
> > the AP grew up from an agreement between the six major New
> > York newspapers of the day. They wanted to defray the large
> > telegraphy costs that they were all independently incurring
> > for sending the same news coast to coast. Despite being
> > highly competitive, they formed the Associated Press as a
> > collection agency and agreed to share the material. Today,
> > that six-newspaper cooperative is an organization serving
> > more than 1,500 newspapers and 5,000 broadcast outlets in
> > the United States. Abroad, AP services are printed and
> > broadcast in 112 countries.
> >
> > Associated Press Television News
> >
> > Associated Press Television News (APTN) is a wholly owned
> > subsidiary of AP. It was formally set up as a separate
> > entity in 1994. It is run as a commercial entity and aims to
> > make a profit. Any profit it does make is fed back to AP
> > (which is non-profit making: APTN profits reduce the
> > newsgathering costs incurred by the 1500 US newspapers that
> > collectively own the AP). APTN is the largest television
> > news gathering player (larger than Reuters, its only true
> > competitor in this field). While AP is based in the US, APTN
> > operates out of large premises in Camden, London. They have
> > news teams, offices and broadcast facilities in just about
> > every important place in the world.
> >
> > APTN uses news crews and broadcast facilities all over the
> > world to record video of newsworthy events (in News, Sport
> > and Entertainment). These pictures are either sent unedited
> > or very partially edited back to London. Most news is fed
> > back within hours but they also cover and feed certain
> > events live (news conferences in Iraq, press conferences
> > after a sporting event etc.). Most of these stories are sent
> > in with "natural sound": there is no journalist providing a
> > voice over, but the choice of what to shoot is in the hands
> > of the local producer and camera crew. Local crews are
> > sometimes employed directly by APTN, or more often
> > "stringers" are hired for a particular event or paid for the
> > footage they have already captured.
> >
> > Once the stories have been fed back to the UK they are
> > edited. This is a round the clock operation. The goal is to
> > produce a 30 minute news bulletin comprising 6 or 7 stories
> > every few hours. These stories are made by editing down the
> > raw "rushes" that come in from all over the world. This is
> > done by a team of producers who work for the news editor.
> > They don't supply a voice over but they do edit, discard and
> > sequence pictures dictating the emphasis and direction of
> > the story. They will accompany each story with a written
> > description of each shot and the general reason this was a
> > story. This is repeated for News, Sport & Entertainment with
> > a geographical emphasis that shifts around the world as
> > different markets wake and sleep. The output of this is
> > called the "Global News Wire" (GNW).
> >
> > The Business of TV News
> >
> > This is how APTN makes its money: news organizations (mostly
> > TV but not all) subscribe to APTN and pay an annual amount
> > to both watch and then re-use the stories that are fed over
> > the GNW. The stories are supplied with sound, but no
> > journalist to do a voice over. Most commercial news stations
> > (like the BBC, SKY, Fox or CNN) would take this feed, decide
> > which pictures to use then re-edit it and supply an
> > appropriate voice over for the story. The video comes with a
> > written description of the shots and the events that occur
> > in them.
> >
> > The fee for this feed depends on the size of the receiving
> > organization, their audience size and a negotiation with
> > APTN's sales force. It is pretty much impossible, however,
> > to operate a TV news organization without taking feeds from
> > either APTN or Reuters or usually both. The agreement with
> > APTN usually allows the receiving news channel unlimited use
> > of the video for two weeks. If they want to re-show those
> > pictures after that they have to separately license the
> > pictures (which can cost anything from $100 to $10,000 per
> > 30 seconds depending on the content).
> >
> > A Separate Service for Arab States
> >
> > However, there is another significant part of their business
> > model that affects the rest of the business. While most of
> > the world takes news pictures with minimal interpretation
> > beyond editing, the Arab Gulf States have asked for and
> > receive a different and far more expensive service. These
> > states pay for a complete news report service including full
> > editing and voice overs from known journalists. The news
> > organizations in the Arab countries don't do anything
> > (beyond verify that they are appropriate for local tastes)
> > before broadcast.
> >
> > What this means is that while there are around 50 people
> > producing news pictures for the whole world working in
> > Camden at any time, there are a further 50 Arabic speaking
> > staff producing finished stories exclusively for the Arab
> > states of the gulf. This has a tremendous effect on the
> > whole feel of the building as these two teams feed pictures
> > and people back and forth and sit in adjacent work areas.
> > The slant of the stories required by the Gulf States has a
> > definite effect on which footage is used and discarded. This
> > affects both the Gulf newsroom and the main global newsroom.
> >
> > This full service feed is much more expensive for the
> > customers than the usual service, but it is also much higher
> > margin for APTN. This is partly because there is great
> > commonality in what they can send to most of the Gulf States
> > taking this service: stories are made once and used in a
> > number of countries.
> >
> > Disproportionately Negative Coverage of Israel
> >
> > Anything involving Israel is a favorite with Gulf Arab
> > states for showing to their viewers. Could this be the
> > reason why Israel receives such a disproportionate amount of
> > particularly negative coverage especially and increasingly
> > ever since the early 1970's? HonestReporting
> > <http://honestreporting.com/> is usually unable to decide
> > which is most biased: AP or BBC. As the BBC is often using
> > APTN footage, the difference is minor. A significant twist
> > to what is seen, concerns what is not seen. Footage such as
> > the Palestinian mob joyfully lynching two Israeli reservists
> > in Ramallah in October 2000 is held by APTN's library: any
> > attempt to license this film for reshow is carefully vetted.
> > Requests for the use of "sensitive clips" are referred
> > directly to the Library director. This is not the case with
> > clips that paint Israel in a bad light. Likewise, the
> > re-showing of Palestinian celebrations on 9/11 is considered
> > "sensitive".
> >
> > The way in which raw footage such as APTN's is compiled into
> > a news report and sent round the world has also been
> > analyzed. The Second Draft <http://www.seconddraft.org/>
> > gives a comprehensive view of how editing can make all the
> > difference. APTN is the gatekeeper that sits between you and
> > the actual event. You will never see what the editors at
> > APTN see before they compile your evening news. What do you
> > think is cut out?
> >
> > The Wrap-Up
> >
> > Was this organization set up with this in-built bias on
> > purpose? Is there some way that the expensive payments made
> > by Gulf state governments form part of a deliberate attempt
> > to skew the media?
> >
> > In "Islam and Dhimmitude" (2002) by Bat Ye'or on p294-296
> > she recounts how decisions were taken in the wake of the
> > Arab-Israeli war of 1967 to try to put across an
> > anti-Jewish, anti-Zionist message. Successive conferences
> > resolved to contribute vast sums "to universities, centers
> > for Islamic studies, international communications agencies,
> > and private and governmental organizations in order to win
> > over world opinion." (p296).
> >
> > The messages from these conferences stressed an addition to
> > the more familiar violent jihad: they also emphasized the
> > importance of jihad by the written and spoken word-what we
> > would recognize as classic propaganda. Without question
> > APTN's interesting business model represents a concrete
> > example of an ongoing financial "contribution" to an
> > important communication agency promoting a pro-Arab bias.
> >
> > <http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22055_
> >

[Bob S]

;D Piwo. Some Adobe software, a computer and time can change a photo to anything you want it to be. The Alphabet networks use photo editing to get their point across.