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Fox News published digitally altered and misleading photos on stories about Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in what photojournalism experts called a clear violation of ethical standards for news organizations.
As part of a package of stories Friday about the zone, where demonstrators have taken over several city blocks on Capitol Hill after Seattle police abandoned the East Precinct, Fox's website for much of the day featured a photo of a man standing with a military-style rifle in front of what appeared to be a smashed retail storefront.
The image was actually a mashup of photos from different days, taken by different photographers — it was done by splicing a Getty Images photo of an armed man, who had been at the protest zone June 10, with other images from May 30 of smashed windows in downtown Seattle. Another altered image combined the gunman photo with yet another image, making it appear as though he was standing in front of a sign declaring "You are now entering Free Cap Hill."
[...] The image, as displayed on the Fox News website, was spliced with other photos, including a photo of a smashed retail storefront in May, making it look as though the scene was all playing out concurrently in the autonomous zone. "It is definitely Photoshopped," confirmed Ryder. "To use a photo out of context in a journalistic setting like that seems unethical."
[...] "I think it's disgraceful propaganda and terribly misrepresentative of documentary journalism in times like this, when truth-telling and accountability is so important," said Kenny Irby, a photojournalism ethics educator and consultant. "There is no attribution. There is no acknowledgment of the montage, and it's terribly misleading."
Akili Ramsess, executive director of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), said ethical standards clearly prohibit alteration of photos in news accounts.
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(2020-06-12) Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)
(Score: 4, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday June 14 2020, @10:23AM (6 children)
My bad. Correction: All the others are just fine if you're a moron who likes telling the same lies they do.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @08:57PM (5 children)
So your lies match up with Fox out of some amazing coincidence? Hmm, maybe stupid is a transmittable condition. Oops sorry, didn't mean to associste you with a trans word, many apologies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @03:52AM
Send him on a translunar injection and let the rabbits take care of him.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 15 2020, @09:08AM (3 children)
Fox News runs stories on the immensity of my penis?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @08:31PM (2 children)
Statistically you just called your "immense penis" fake news. #NoSurprise #CriticalThinking
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 16 2020, @01:05PM (1 child)
Yes. I did. *Whoosh*
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @09:22PM
Intellectual laziness, your hallmark. Stupidity is a close second.