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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: 2) by Entropy on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:10PM (6 children)
You must be kidding. I'm not really sure when journalists used to have ethics, but that time is long past. Liberal media, conservative media... All absolute trash. There are very few sites(or politicians) that actually say anything useful rather than just spread the division message mandated by their corporate masters.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:21PM (2 children)
Fine people on both sides.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @07:35PM (1 child)
And that would be a true statement.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @09:03PM
Not when one side is a literal neo-nazi march. No fine people are neo-nazis, by definition.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @03:10AM (2 children)
This is false. In my home nation, a journalist submitting a misleadingly photoshopped image loses their journalistic privilege and job the same as if it was in writing. You can't say "The Queen is DEAD!" front page, nor show an image of her "assassinated," and keep your job.
Your all-equally-bad argument is a classic of the bad actors in the American "right" of politics. Disgusting! The rest of the world trivially sees through it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @03:57AM (1 child)
Their "journalistic privilege"? In the US, a journalist doesn't need a license to practice. They are regular citizens like us. While standards have dropped, the major outlets will blacklist reporters that plagiarize or make up stories. Casting stories in the light management wants is not just permitted, but required. Material image modification has not been treated lightly, let's see what Fox is going to do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @08:36PM
It is called integrity on the part of news organizations. They fire anyone who knowingly pushes fake news. Fox and many other publications actually encourage false partisan news. There is a difference between having a bias in reporting and actually reporting falsehoods.