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Fauxtography: What Goes Around Comes Around
Seeing how well fauxtography worked against Israel, the Lebanese are now using doctored photos against each other. Lebanese blogger Jeha’s Nail shows how Christian politician Michel Aoun uses a doctored photo to score political points.
The gunman, actually a member of Hezbollah, was photographed in Kfar Chima last year. If he looks familiar, it’s because Time magazine outraged readers with a badly fumbled caption. (See Lightstalkers for more details on the photo originally taken by Bruno Stevens.)
Here's Aoun appearing on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV with the doctored photo.
What goes around comes around.
(Hat tip: Michael Totten)
UPDATE Feb. 2: Photographer Bruno Stevens corrects the record on this post with the following comment:
I would like to comment that the "Hezbollah gunman" part of the picture above is NOT one of my images, eventhough it must have been taken at the same location (Kfar Chima) and a the same moment (July 17, 2006 at around 3PM) by one of the other 3 or 4 photographers present.
Please correct the post accordingly, thank you.
B.
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Is anyone surprised? They've been using these tactics for decades. In the Middle East deceiving is a legitimate part of the game, and the Israelis should know it very well, as we are the main victims of Arab false propaganda.
Posted by: Amit at Jan 29, 2007 11:21:42 PM
I would like to comment that the "Hezbollah gunman" part of the picture above is NOT one of my images, eventhough it must have been taken at the same location (Kfar Chima) and a the same moment (July 17, 2006 at around 3PM) by one of the other 3 or 4 photographers present.
Please correct the post accordingly, thank you.
B.
Posted by: Bruno Stevens at Feb 1, 2007 5:27:40 PM
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