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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:24PM (1 child)
To add to that Fox news around 9/11 went to that crazy format. Before that they were well dull and boring. They changed it up to that format to pull in viewers. It worked.
Around 2009 CNN did the same move but more along the lines of 'hold my beer fox' kind of way. CNN wants to pretend they are not yellow journalism. They literally fired their investigation staff and kept the talking heads and hired a batch of young writers fresh out of school (notice I did not say journalists). CNN thought Jon Stewart and Fox News were the future of news. Mr Stewart had a funny writing staff and a formula. John Oliver now has that writing staff applying that formula. It is a form of hypnosis and repetition with funny bits to edge you into views you normally would not take on yourself. It is a very effective technique. The writers at CNN do not understand that formula. Fox news is a talking head pundit yell over each other org. But they have enough sense to have others from the opposing side to argue. CNN puts actors in that spot and creates straw-man attacks. Again they do not understand the formula.
They both have been such utter trash for so long now it is a joke. You can not take anything they say seriously.
These people care not for us. They tell us lies. Then expect us to think it is news worthy. We are being manipulated wholesale and there are at least 8 groups fighting it out who is going to be 'in charge'. Here is a hint it does not involve us. We are not invited.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hBv7ue8icQ [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTS5XsZe9Jg [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSDClxjcR-4 [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @09:58PM
Really? All I know is Alex Becker was boring me so much, I followed a link on his You Tube rants to John Oliver and got a near instant dopamine hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4cea5oObY [youtube.com]