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Faux Press Conferences

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Monday, August 25. 2008 13:31

Eagle-eyed reader Gretsida spotted something curious in this Reuters photograph of a "peace activist" news conference. I've blown up and cropped a portion of the photo [terms; contact] to illustrate this interesting find:

You won't be hearing much through these microphones...

In all, of the 23 microphones shown in this particular photo-op, 10 to 12 of them are disconnected. Could it be that these microphones were placed on the stand to give this terrorist-supporting mob the airs of credibility?

And, if Reuters participated in this photo-op knowing full well of this manipulation, does that mean that Reuters is complicit in this fraud?

Stranger things have happened, I suppose.

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Mahmud Hams, AFP Photographer for the Masses

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Monday, August 18. 2008 09:51

... the terrorist masses, that is.

My new friend Pritt Stift over at Geenstijl has more (auto-translated).

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Not the Brightest Broom in the Shed

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Saturday, June 21. 2008 00:10

I'm serious—Guiness this late at night does it to me.

Ah, how presidential.

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This One Gets My Vote

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Friday, June 20. 2008 08:00

... for "Photo Most Likely to be Taken Out Of Context" sometime in the near future:

[Picture]

A veiled activist from the Muslim Khawateen Markaz (MKM) looks out from behind the mesh of a symbolic prison during a protest in Srinagar June 20, 2008. Police detained six activists of the MKM, a women's separatist organisation, during a protest demanding the release of all Kashmiri youths detained in Indian jails and to stop what the MKM said are the human rights violation by Indian security forces on the Kashmiri people since a rebellion broke out in the Himalayan region at the end of 1989. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)

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It's Not Photoshop:™ Headscarves Shunned from Obama Event

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Wednesday, June 18. 2008 12:30

The Democratic party is the new standard-bearer for unity and tolerance, after all:

Two Muslim women at Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate…

On a positive note, at least this didn't result in a really embarrassing attempt at Photoshop-correction after the fact.

... BUT If It Were!
What the heck? Here's what I think an "average" Obama crowd would look like:

Like, war is soooo bad, man!

I'm working on more ideas over here. Here's Source A and Source B for these particular pictures.

I've got more ideas beyond the fold—Be sure to send in your own, too. Photoshop fodder here, source material here.

See-also:

The American Pundit, Dollard (heh), Confederate Yankee, LGF, Hyscience, Gateway Pundit (with detailed background), doubleplusundead, Prairie Pundit, Insty, Hot Air

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A Slightly Strong Sense of Strength

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Wednesday, April 9. 2008 20:37

There's nothing unusual about the framing of these photographs, is there?

Editorial bias towards Her Hillary-ness? Perish the thought!

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The Terrorist/Media Convergence

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Tuesday, January 15. 2008 13:38

No matter how many times I see this, I can't help but wonder if the press would give coverage as glowing to certain other groups as it collectively does to these terrorist thugs.

After all, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades openly espouses violence against civilians—which is something that the "Social Justice"-seekers in the press stand firmly against, isn't it?

Palestinian militants from Izzedine al-Qassam brigades, the Hamas military wing, speak to press during a news conference in Gaza City, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. Israeli troops killed the son of Gaza's most powerful leader and 18 others Tuesday in the bloodiest day of fighting in the coastal area since Hamas militants seized control there last summer. As fighting raged in Gaza, a Hamas sniper shot and killed an Ecuadorian volunteer working in the potato fields of an Israeli border farm. That killing, and Tuesday's high death toll, stoked the flames of violence at a time when Israel and Palestinian moderates are making halting attempts to talk peace. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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