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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @07:27PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @07:27PM (#1007871)

    In case you've been living under a rock, everyone and their dog is developing a "covid-19 vaccine" right now. At full speed. With relaxed restrictions. When some outfit comes up with a candidate, if the state "strongly recommends" you take it, will you? Would you be concerned about its safety? If you won't take it, does that make you right wing? Or just a chemphobe?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @03:43AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @03:43AM (#1008002)
    Of course I'd be concerned about its safety, and since I'm not a vaccine scientist, immunologist, or even a physician, I will try to see what is the overall consensus of these experts on any such vaccine candidate, and let that guide my decision. My decision to accept or refuse any such vaccine will be based on science, not politics, ideology, or irrational fear-mongering.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @04:08AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @04:08AM (#1008009)

      My decision to accept or refuse any such vaccine will be based on science, not politics, ideology, or irrational fear-mongering.

      Oh, it will be based on Science™. So what kind of Science™? Are you going to run a study? How dare you denigrate other people's choices on what they choose to have injected in them?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @05:51AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @05:51AM (#1008025)

        My decision to accept or refuse any such vaccine will be based on science, not politics, ideology, or irrational fear-mongering.

        Oh, it will be based on Science™. So what kind of Science™? Are you going to run a study? How dare you denigrate other people's
        choices on what they choose to have injected in them?

        How does gp's plan for evaluating whether or not *he* should get a particular vaccine constitute "denigrating other people's choices"?

        Did he say that you were a moron because you may not want to make the same choice he does? No. Did he say that *everyone* should do what he does or they are somehow bad or wrong? No.

        So it's clear that you are, in fact, a moron with poor reading comprehension skills.

        For the record, GP did *not* denigrate you or anyone else. I on the other hand assert that you got your legacy from the shallow end of the gene pool and probably aren't worth letting you shine my shoes.

        I just denigrated *you*. Not anyone else. Just you. Now compare what I wrote with GP's comment -- if you have even that much intellectual capacity, I have my doubts -- I was both insulting and denigrating. GP was neither.

        Do you get it now, or should I use smaller words? I don't want you to remain confused.