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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday June 14 2020, @04:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the jornalistic-integrity dept.

Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle's protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone:

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.

Previously:
(2020-06-12) Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @04:22PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @04:22PM (#1007822)

    The most racist people I know are not republicans. They are Democrats. You have to look no further than how the DNC treats candice owens. Shamefully is how they treat her.

    Oh don't think so? Notice how Republicans talk about Americans. What do the Democrats talk about? They talk about the color of your skin. Almost to an alarming 'are you OK' degree. Republicans say 'lets figure out how to get people jobs'. Democrats say 'lets figure out how to help the black community". Both sound good but if you drill even 1 mm into that one is racist the other is about helping everyone. They are looking for the A vote, the B vote, the C vote, and so on. They pander to these groups tell them how they will help them and then play fuck all games with them. But maybe the Republican Mayor of Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago can tell us how well of a job they are doing? Oh wait Republicans and have not had a mayor in those cities for 50 years. They do not even bother to run there anymore because there is little point. These places elect the same people over and over and expect them to get it right this time. No, they are failing so hard at their jobs it is ridiculous. How many more bodies will it take people to realize that the Republicans are not at fault here. The DNC has built an empire of deception, hate and lies. Then have the gall to blame the republicans for their 150+ years of fail.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @05:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @05:58PM (#1007851)

    OK Karen

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @05:34AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @05:34AM (#1008492)

    They say all us leftist liberal commie gun-taking bastards should sit down and shut up or GTFO of their country. They mock California even when they live here. They make fun of Mexicans, many of whom have been citizens here since America officially annexed California from Mexico. Many of them have family on both sides of the border as a result. And I'm talking 140+ years of being Americans here. That's not getting into the disrespect I hear about the Native Americans maintaining their reservations or putting up protests against 'progress' that might further pollute the little land they have left for their own tribal nations. There are many Native Americans who likewise are American citizens, but still travel to their tribal lands as well. Some of those Tribal lands even straddle the border, under an increasingly invasive watch by the Border Patrol, rather than, say fencing around the reservation and only bothering the residents when coming into or out of non-tribal territory.

    Republicans really love telling us how much they're patriots even as they quote RT to us while also calling us socialist commie bastards, even though there are just as many if not more pictures of Republicans BFFing with Putin or Kim Jong Un.

    Oh, and while we're at it, lets look at all the hebe/pedophiles/closet homosexuals among your party. There is plenty of hypocrisy on the left, but you guys double down and run with it like it's the last 30 seconds of a football game.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 16 2020, @01:04PM (2 children)

      All indians are also American citizens. And since you obviously know fuck all about us, I'll thank you to have yourself a big, heaping cup of STFU and stop speaking for us.

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      My rights don't end where your fear begins.
      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @09:20PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @09:20PM (#1008849)

        You should be ashamed claiming Native American heritage shit bird. Not to mention your personal hypocrisy as usual.