German TV Uncovers Truth of Israeli Chemical Weapons Charge
German TV gets to the bottom of claims that the Israelis used chemical weapons in Lebanon. But the clever Germans do actual scientific tests to prove it! They're smart like that. Watch the video.
Punctured Red Cross Ambulance Myth Exploded
Zombie totally demolishes the wild tale of the missile that hit ambulance right in the middle of the red cross. View his excellent work.
Also at zombietime:
Mohammed Image Archive
The Reuters Photo Scandal - A Taxonomy of Fraud
License plate analysis from RiehlWorldView
Take That, Evil Fauxtographers!
The Jawa Report takes on the fauxtographers.
Hezbollywood: Caught in the Act (VIDEO)
This fascinating video from Germany's NDR shows the Green Helmut Guy directing the production of video propaganda from Qana. Am I shocked or NOT?
Update: It was only a matter of time. Green Helmut Guy now has his own blog. HA!
Update: Hot Air: At last: Lebanese death pimp finally identified
Fauxtographic Propaganda
Update: NewsBusters.org is running a sticky thread collecting links to bloggers' posts on the Fauxtography scandal.
Shocking fraud has unraveled this week as photographs purported to depict news events were shown to be staged and even Photoshopped. This saga began with EU Referendum questioning whether or not certain heartrending photos from Qana had been staged. Then, Little Green Footballs presented a clearly doctored photo of smoke rising over Beirut. Reuters acted promptly: they killed the photo, fired the photographer, and withdrew all the images he had submitted.
More:
Zombietime: Reuters Commits Four Types of Fraud
Hot Air: Vent - Picture Kill, 8/8/06
FreeRepublic.com: keyword 'fauxtography'
Now the questionable photos are turning up everywhere, including a Lebanese 'pieta' (above) brought to us by none other than the New York Times. Since the poor guy laying down is seen participating in the 'rescue' in other pictures by the same photographer, it all appears quite damning.
Update: NY Times issues a correction. They say he got hurt participating in the rescue. Still looks like play acting to me.
Even U.S. News & World Report has a blatantly lying photo on their cover, calling a tire fire at the dump "Lebanon's new ruins". The same scene from a different angle appears in Time magazine (7/31/06) calling it a downed Israeli jet. Hmmm.
Update: Allahpundit at Hot Air has tracked down the truth on the tire fire - and from the sounds of it, it wasn't easy. Long story to short, the fire was started accidentally by Hezbullah when one of their missile blew up in the wrong place. DOH!
Or consider the Passion of the Toys at Slublog. How did these mostly clean toys find their way into the filthy middle of bombed out ruins?
These pictures are meant to play upon our emotions and effect our thinking as we consider world events. And that makes these pictures propaganda. Thanks to this hideous breach of trust, we now know we can't trust what we are shown in pictures.
Pallywood (Video)
This is a shocking and eye-openning video demonstrating how news propaganda videos are produced in some sectors. It is 18 minutes long, but certainly time well spent.
