FOX NEWS Misleads with security story
Check out this FOX NEWS story entitled "Financial Sites on Guard in D.C., N.Y. Area." See those pictures there in the little box labeled "photos?" It contains a photo of the IMF building in Washington, DC.:
Clicking on the image to zoom in reveals a full size photo, along with a caption:
After viewing this picture and its caption, you might think to yourself, "That's great, I'm glad that the police are securing the IMF in the wake of this heightened security level. In fact, I'm glad that they're securing that big open lot, too, because big, open lots are top targets of terrorists."
Let me let you in on a little secret, though: FOX news is misleading you. That picture is, like they state in the caption, a photo of Police securing the IMF building. (or, more accurately, the once barren lot in front of it.) But guess what? That picture wasnt taken any time within the past year. See that big open lot? There is a big fat BUILDING there now. They've been building it for the last 3 years!
I suspected that the picture was taken during one of the many IMF "protests" in Washington, DC, because that's the only time that I've ever seen police standing around that open lot, and it turns out I was right - I went to google image search and did a search for "IMF building," and, wouldn't you know it, that picture popped up on CNN, in a story about some IMF protests from years past.
Same Photo, on CNN, for an IMF protest story. Found at ttp://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0209/gallery.imf.protest/0.imf.protestap.jpg |
As far as I've seen, there has been absolutely no increase in police presence around the IMF.
So, was FOX NEWS just too lazy to send a photographer from their studio roughly 10 blocks away to take a picture? Or did they do that, but decide not to run the pictures from today because they weren't sensationalist enough?
Posted by jkhat at August 2, 2004 10:26 AM
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| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
Just a guess.... given that fairly heavy rain is covering most of the DC area at the moment, I'd say it's reasonable to assume that they couldn't get a decent photo today.
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| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
that's a weak excuse. you're telling me we can send photographers into battle, but not out into the rain? in any case, it still doesn't make the photo any less misleading. if they couldn't get a new picture they should have captioned what they had to make it clear it was and old photo. |
| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
first, it wasnt raining all morning. next, it wasnt raining when they posted the picture. next, it wasnt raining yesterday afternoon when i went out and took pictures of the crack security efforts. (which are non-existent) and, finally, rain or shine, it's 100% misleading. sorry, i dont think that your reasonable assumption is all that reasonable. |
| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
No, I'm suggesting when it's raining the light is a little harder to work with.
One other that occurs to me; Hmmm. A file shot....
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