Media
August 19,2008 |
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Exclusive: Google Investigating Photoshopped Google Map Image |
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Rhonda Roland Shearer |
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Imagine going to Google Maps and not being sure if the map you see with its realistic trees is real or photoshopped? PhotoshopDisasters posted a tip from MK about a Google Map that turned out to be photoshopped. A stand of trees next to a golf course in The Netherlands was faked.
Kate Hurowitz, Google Global Communications & Public Affairs, told StinkyJournalism that they are concerned and investigating. She said, "We're aware that there seems to be an anomaly in our imagery and are working to determine what happened." |
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| StinkyJournalism Media Picks |
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12 Doctored Magazine Cover Stories
by ABC NEWS 08/27/08
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See French President Nicholas Sarkozy--Before [Inset] and After Photoshop doctoring
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French President Nicholas Sarkozy received a photoshop liposuction job from a graphics doctor working for French magazine Paris Match. With a key stroke, the "politician's love handles" disappeared without any troublesome reduction of calories...See all 12 doctored magazine covers at ABC NEWS Photo Gallery.
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| Stinky Journalism News - The Real Fake News |
Not all journalism stinks. But there are times when reported "facts" smell fishy. When news stories go bad, the reporter’s method is usually to blame. At Stinkyjournalism.org we advocate for more rigorous - and scientific - journalistic methodology.
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Links to Fred Noble's Stories 1 2 3 4 5 6
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| Ethics Breakthrough Timer |
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StinkyJournalism asked Reuters on 11/02/07:
"Did you have permission to enter a private home, take photos, sell & publish them?"
NEWS FLASH 01/08/08:
Reuters' Editor-in-Chief now admits their photojournalist Mario Anzuoni entered house during recent California wildfires evacuation without permission and they were wrong to do so. More info soon. Public announcement forthcoming . Time elapsed since SJ first asked Reuters...
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