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StinkyJournalism Media Picks
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Send Us Gifts and Free Stuff say Australian Journalists
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 02,2009 |
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| Flacks at a Sydney PR conference were told by journalists who were guest speakers that gifts were a great idea to get noticed. The Web site, Mumbrella, writes that one radio producer said, "We love gifts." "Free stuff" such as "concert tickets and food" were among the helpful suggestions. |
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A media ethics news theme emerged from around the globe today. Journalists may be for sale.
Judging from today's Washington Post scandal--where PR types were offered opportunities to buy access to Wash Post "journalists and editors" for big bucks (see story broken by the blog, Politico) --financial and market pressures predict there will be many more cases of the PR wolves being invited into the journalism hen houses. Here's another case today...in...Go to full story
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Second Neda Footage Supports Authenticity of Iranian Maytyr's Death Video
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 01,2009 |
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| IS THIS NEDA BEFORE AND AFTER SHOOTING? Sky News post the above screen shots with the caption: "Video appears to show Neda Agha Soltan in the crowd with her music teacher." |
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While news about Neda Agha Soltan's tragic death on the streets of Iran evoke global shock and sadness, questions also arise about the authenticity of the video.
UK's Sky News posts a second video that seems to support the authenticity of the original video circulating the Internet. The video footage shows a woman and a man, with the same clothing and physical appearance as Neda and her music teacher.
Sky News writes: "Neda Agha Soltan's death was captured on...Go to full story
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Dino A. Brugioni, Father of Fauxtography and Fake Photo Detection
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 30,2009 |
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| Dino A. Brugioni's 1999 book, Photo Fakery, continues to lead the pack as the best on the topic of forensic photography and the history of doctored photo detection. |
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The father of exposing fake photos, Dino A. Brugioni, is not a blogger.
Amazon.com describes him as CIA's original "expert on photo fakery" who started their "National Photographic Interpretation Center."
In his book, "Photo Fakery: The History and Techniques of Photographic Deception and Manipulation," Brugioni writes about his involvement in the CIA and the techniques they used for debunking political photos around...Go to full story
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YouTube Announces "Reporters' Center" Channel to Coach Journalists
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 29,2009 |
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| Katie Couric, CBS News, is shown here in her new training video for YouTube's "YouTube Reporters' Center: Helping you report the news " |
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YouTube announced today the launch of their "YouTube Reporters' Center: Helping you report the news."
YouTube, along with "several top news and media organizations," have formed a "dedicated channel that features how-to videos on news reporting."
The press release describes a "one-stop-shop for journalism training online, the YouTube Reporters' Center covers a wide range of topics, from preparing for interviews, to fact-checking, to...Go to full story
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Chinese Fauxtography Again? Memorial for Fallen Taiwan Soldiers Photoshopped
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| by Cecil Cheung, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 28,2009 |
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| CHINESE FAUXTOGRAPHY AGAIN? In traditional Chinese lettering, the memorial sign on the right states, "The Army of Republic of China, the Soldiers who died in Papua." So why are the symbols CHANGED in the exact image found on Sina.om.cn? See photo on left, detail. |
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You don’t have to know any Chinese, to notice that symbols are missing when comparing the two photos of a solemn WWII Taiwanese memorial ceremony shown above. What happened?
The photo on right, a detail, was originally published in United Daily News (UDN). It shows a wooden memorial sign held during a ceremony, meant to commemorate Taiwanese soldiers who fought and died in Papua New Guinea during World War II. In traditional Chinese lettering, the sign states: “The...Go to full story
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Is CNN & MSNBC Reporting or Making News About Micheal Jackson's Estate?
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 27,2009 |
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| The King of Pop's death generates both news and speculation. StinkyJournalism asks: When news outlets headlines speculate, are they reporting or making news? (Photo Credit: Wikipedia) |
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With wall to wall news stories about pop legend, Michael Jackson's death, MSNBC and CNN news still feel the need to speculate what will happen in the future instead of just reporting the facts.
One MSNBC headline states, (emphasis mine) "Jackson's merchandise sales could eclipse those of Presley or Monroe." Another says,"Settling Jackson's estate could be a thriller" speculating that there may be a fight with no evidence that one exists.
The CNN News...Go to full story
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New Madonna Fauxtographs Revealed: Doctored Photos Fool Public But Reality Bites
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 27,2009 |
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| Celebrities may age but their photos often don't...that is unless someone leaks the before Photoshop images. |
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Celebrity culture and sales require ageless beauty...even if it has long faded. My Pinoy Humor Blog asks in their headline, "Madonna Photoshopped?" They apparently found some "before and after" images of a recent photo shoot. Are these images out-takes from her controversial 2009 ad campaign for Louis Vuitton?
Tight, smooth skin on a 50 year old woman?--Not possible even with the magic of plastic surgery, exercise and wealth as these detail...Go to full story
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Wired Editor Steals Wikipedia Content for "Free" Book
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 26,2009 |
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| Chris Anderson, author of new book, "Free", took content from Wikipedia without giving proper attribution. The excuse? He mistakenly left out footnotes. Okay, but what about quotation marks for the Wikipedia text he lifted verbatim and misrepresented as his own words? |
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Ryan Tate, Gawker, reports that Chris Anderson, Wired editor and author of, "Free, The Future of a Radical Price," a book supporting free content usage, stole Wikipedia content. They link to the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR) as the source for the discovery.
Tate writes: "Like so many plagiarists before him, Anderson claims his act was unintentional. The Virginia Quarterly Review first reported his copying, and the explanation he gave us is that he...Go to full story
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UK Cops Photoshopped Terrorist Image to Look Like Victim of Police Shooting?
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 25,2009 |
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| During a 2007 trial, The Daily Mail reports the charge that police manipulated photos. The obvious purpose of such Photoshop lightening of skin tone and other possible photo alterations (see top images prepared by police vs. bottom, actual photos) was to convince the jury that the police shooting victim , on right, Jean Charles de Menezes , looked like the 7/21 suicide bomber, on the left. The honest confusion of identities was why, according to police, the innocent Brazilian was killed. |
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The UK Daily Mail reports, October 2007, that police were accused of "dishonestly manipulating a photograph showing Jean Charles de Menezes next to a suicide bomber."
As background: Mr de Menezes, a Brazilian, was accidently shot and killed by UK police in a London subway station a day following the "failed London bomb plot on July 21, 2005." It was ruled in early 2009 that "no individual police officers will face charges."
The...Go to full story
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Doctored Image Wins Thai News Photo Contest
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 24,2009 |
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| When the award winning news photo (see image, upper left) and a screen capture from the original video are compared, one quickly sees that Photoshop was used to remove the video camera equipment behind the man in green. See red arrows from the analysis found on Prachatai's Web site. They also provide information about the fake caption that originally accompanied the photo's publication on the front page of the Thai newspaper, Thai Rath. Other details include information about the Thai politics involved that would motivate such photo fakery. |
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Prachatai reports, "A former PAD [People Alliance for Democracy] guard grabbing the hair of a red-shirt woman and dragging her along the road during the military crackdown in April has won the Best Photo of the Year Award from the Mass Media Photographers Association of Thailand (MPA)."
On June 14, MPA announced that "35 prizes of about 700,000 baht", Thai currency (about $30,000), was awarded to winners chosen from among a total of 600 photos...Go to full story
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