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Sderot Fauxtography Strikes Blog
MediaBackspin was on the wrong side of the newest fauxtography scandal when bloggers discovered that a photo of Sderot -- taken after a Qassam rocket strike -- was digitally altered to add more destruction and mayhem.
Blog editor Pesach Benson, who took the photo, claimed he only used Photoshop to remove dust marks and made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under.
The original photo of Sderot:
The manipulated image:
Happy Purim to all our readers. We'll resume blogging on Tuesday.
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cute
Posted by: Myackie at Mar 1, 2007 4:43:11 PM
Those two pictures don't even bear the slightest resemblance to each other, are you sure you uploaded the correct ones?
Posted by: Levi Ammundsen at Mar 1, 2007 9:43:14 PM
Levi - its a Purim joke. ;-)
(And a good one.)
Chag Sameach
Posted by: L. King at Mar 2, 2007 6:49:52 AM
I know.
Posted by: Levi Ammundsen at Mar 2, 2007 4:28:37 PM
made me smile :)
Posted by: O>D at Mar 5, 2007 6:34:51 PM
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