news.bbc.co.uk - 11/20/2008
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The Pentagon has become embroiled in a row after the US Army released a photo of a general to the media which was found to have been digitally altered. Ann Dunwoody was shown in front of the US flag but it later emerged that this background had been added. The Associated Press (AP) news agency ...
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Somali pirates strike again, this time hijacking a
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mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
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WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed
the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from...
Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ...
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mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military
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The APs Faux Fauxtography Outrage
Ace of Spades HQ —
... has found a case of fauxtography they can get really upset about. Naturally its because they think the "bad guy" in the story is the US military. AP says that adjusting photos and other imagery, even for aesthetic reasons, damages the credibility of the information distributed by the military to news organisations and the public. "For us, there's a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image," said Santiago Lyon, AP's director of photography. Mr Lyon said AP was developing procedures to protect against further occurrences and, once those ...
AP suspends use of Army photos after digital alterations.
Think Progress —
... , showing her in front of an American flag. However, it has now been revealed that the picture was digitally altered. In the original photo, Dunwoody was sitting at a desk: ...
General Touch Up
BAGnewsNotes —
... seems to unavoidably bring gender into play. Even if the military was trying to avoid the trouble of producing a more presentable (and real-life) photograph, one has to wonder if the Defense Department would have gone to the same effort had they elevated just another male general.
I'm interested in your overall take, as well as your thoughts on the visual specifics. (For example, maybe military PR had something against the General's dog?)
(images: BBC News via AP) ...
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