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: 3, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Monday June 15 2020, @12:36AM (7 children)
It's weird how often people on this site defend whatever hateful arseholery Trump does. I'm always surprised whern it happens.
You would think someone with the intelligence to use the Internet would be clever enough to see through him, but here we are.
Fox News is entirely the propaganda wing of the Republican Party, and always has been, it's not like they've ever pretended to be anything else either, but people still come here and try the old both sides thing.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 15 2020, @09:15AM (6 children)
And? That's not news any more than MSNBC being the propaganda arm of the radical progs or CNN being the lead propaganda arm of the DNC.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Monday June 15 2020, @08:22PM (5 children)
Have MSNBC or CNN been photoshopping pics to ensure their viewers stay angry?
No?
If whatabout the best defense you have for your team maybe you should have think about what you're defending.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 16 2020, @01:09PM (4 children)
It's not whataboutism and it's not defense of anyone. It's you trying to strawman me because you don't like that I call you on your bullshit when you're throwing stones from a glass house.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 16 2020, @08:31PM (3 children)
Have MSNBC or CNN been photoshopping pics?
Fox News have been caught lying again. The bullshit comes entirely from them.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:13PM (2 children)
Is photoshopping pics the only way to be a utterly worthless as a news source?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday June 17 2020, @08:06PM (1 child)
Has any other news service been accused of deliberately falsifying stories? I don't think so.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:31PM
All of them as far as I can tell, yes. You just don't hear about it because they don't report on themselves getting called on their lies.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.