But for every 2 that get caught, the concern is "how many more get through undetected?"
Does the appearance of a couple of doctored photos render the entire media blameful? No. But do they go a long way in hurting the credibilty of ALL media with the public? Absolutely. On 8/9/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd point out that we have no idea what the photo shows - it's > certainly no proof of staging. The guy could've been screwing around, > tired, etc. For me this is simply a second case of photos being > released without proper scrutiny, i.e. is it faked and/or what does it > show? > > As to the cost of investigative journalism, it is expensive. The time > the bloggers took to find this wasn't free (to them maybe). If I was > a managing editor of anything I certainly wouldn't ask for a $100,000 > to research this. If there were, say, 10 examples then yeah, but not > with 2. > > I guess my point is that you need to be careful of who you're > condemning and what you think you're proving. It's this same kind of > find-facts-to-fit-a-theory thinking that invaded Iraq. > > That having been said I'm not saying you're wrong - it could've have > purposedly staged in the photo and knowingly release by the NYT. But > even if that's the case, which I think is far from being proven, it's > DEFINITELY no indictment of "the media" whatever that term means. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212840 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
