But if you know what the spin is or the person who is giving you the information, I think that helps....I do think people at one time trusted certain, newspeople, newspaper's etc....I think for a variety of reasons that trust is going away, but I do think it can come back....hopefully
Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing's believable, really. > > Even if information isn't being deliberately altered, it's being spun > most of the time for the sake of making some particular point. > > For instance, when I take pictures, I take pictures of myself, my > friends and my acquaintances. Therefore, if you see the set of pics, > you get an impression of the party or meetup that's skewed, because I > didn't take pictures of everyone there. My goal wasn't to document > the party, objectively. My goal was to document the good times I had > and the people I had them with. So it's basically a spin. > > Same thing with news reporting. You can interview 20 people and have > 10 of them respond positively to something and ten of them respond > negatively, and depending on what point you're trying to make, the > final video has 5 people 'pro' and only one person 'con', making it > look like the vast majority of people polled responded positively. > > Unfortunately, you can't trust media any more than you can trust the > person that created the media or was in charge of Executive Producing > it and signing off on it before it goes out the door. > > <http://billcammack.com/2008/03/06/295-reelsolidtv-s03-ep013-how-to- properly-color-correct-a-presidential-candidate/> > > Bill Cammack > http://billcammack.com > > --- In [email protected], "Heath" <heathparks@> wrote: > > > > Interesting article today about photojournalism, but I think it also > > applies to video as well. I always think about criminal cases, when > > does someone alter a digital photo to achive their desired results? > > This is the stuff that scares me about technology, especiality > > digital tech.... > > > > http://www.newsweek.com/id/152989 > > > > When a mysterious creature washed up on the shores of Montauk, N.Y., > > in late July, it became an instant media sensation. After the > > photograph of the Montauk Monster ran on Manhattan media blog Gawker, > > local Long Island newspapers were on the story. CNN and Fox News > > quickly followed, hosting experts to hash out what exactly this > > unrecognizeable being was. Perhaps a bloated raccoon, as Discover > > Magazine claimed and Jeff Corwin told Fox? A dead dog that had > > decayed for weeks? Or, the latest spin: The creature was simply fake, > > a prop in a movie's viral marketing campaign, and the media had been > > duped. > > > > The public's skepticism over whether or not they can believe what > > they see in photographs isn't unwarranted. Just last week, Beijing > > organizers admitted to using "previously recorded footage" and > > computerized images during the Olympic opening ceremony to enhance > > the quality of fireworks for broadcast on television. A month before > > that, a doctored photograph of Iranian missiles turned up on front > > pages across the globe. The alteration�an extra missile added to the > > image�was outed within hours of the photograph's publication. "With > > technology, you can make the moment anything you want it to be," says > > John Long, the ethics committee chair for the National Press > > Photographers Association. "Our credibility has been stretched in so > > many ways, so I don't think the public has a great deal of faith in > > us." He admits the past year hasn't been the best for > > photojournalism's credibility but doesn't think the future is > > particularly gloomy�it just puts the burden on the photojournalist to > > tell the truth, rather than on the photograph itself. "Just like we > > trust the reporter to represent what they see accurately, we're going > > to have to develop that same relationship with photographers," he > > says. NEWSWEEK's Sarah Kliff spoke with Long about why the > > credibility of photojournalism has fallen, whether or not doctored > > photographs are more likely to get caught these days, and how > > photographers can reclaim the public's trust. Excerpts: > > > > for the rest of the article follow the link > > http://www.newsweek.com/id/152989 > > > > Heath > > http://batmangeek.com > > http://heathparks.com > > >
