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Little Green Footballs:
Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut? — OK, now things are getting weird. — This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop "clone" tool to add more smoke to the image.
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Rob / Left & Right:
Reuters faking photos — Notice how the pattern repeats in the cloud at the top? — That's not the only thing that repeats: — The top red square is just a copy/paste of the lower. — The photo has been doctored, quite badly.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The worst photoshop I've ever seen (Update: More evidence) — Not the very worst, of course. The worst professional-grade photoshop, I mean. It is, as Charles asserts, laughably bad: — Half the time you spend when you use the clone-stamp tool is spent on undoing those repeating patterns to make the image look more realistic.
Michelle Malkin:
Where there's smoke, there's Photoshop? — ***scroll for updates...a reminder about Reuters' news-gathering policy from the Reuters website: "Our policy is to send news to our customers only after scrutiny by a group of production editors who ensure quality standards are maintained across all our news services.
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Jeff Harrell / The Shape of Days:
Adnan Hajj isn't even trying anymore — Adnan Hajj is a prolific photojournalist — and I'm using that term loosely here — for Reuters who came under some pretty intense criticism in the wake of the recent incident at Qana in Lebanon. On July 30 at 2:21 p.m. Eastern time …
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Reuters Doctoring Photos From Lebanon? — When it comes to matters of forgery, I think Little Green Footballs has established his bona fides. — Even I can see the very suspicious "clonings" of picture elements here. And I'm an idiot. — Decide for yourself.
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Times of London:
Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa — IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed. — A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was "no doubt" …
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BBC:
Mexico full poll recount rejected — Mexico's electoral body has rejected a request by left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a full recount of votes from July's disputed election. — Instead, the electoral tribunal's seven judges ordered a partial recount.
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Best of the Tube Tonight — We're scheduled to appear on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" as part of a "political roundtable." The program airs today at 6 p.m. EDT, with a repeat showing at 4 a.m. tomorrow, and we're told we'll be on in the second half-hour. — Pinin' for the Fjords
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Conn. Race Could Be Democratic Watershed — Loss by Lieberman May Embolden Critics of War — The passion and energy fueling the antiwar challenge to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut's Senate primary signal a power shift inside the Democratic Party that could reshape the politics …
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New York Times:
Washington Deal Maker Details Palm Greasing — WASHINGTON — In 1992, Brent R. Wilkes rented a suite at the Hyatt Hotel a few blocks from the Capitol. In his briefcase was a stack of envelopes for a half-dozen congressmen, each packet containing up to $10,000 in checks.
Associated Press:
Cuban dissidents fearful of retaliation — HAVANA (AP) — Dissidents in Cuba's eastern provinces say the country's military has beefed up its presence on the streets and is telling citizens they have permission to respond with force against anyone who speaks out against the government.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Charity Wins Deep Loyalty for Hezbollah — Haider Fayadh, left, watched the Hezbollah channel at his cafe in Tyre on Friday. Hezbollah took care of a huge electricity bill he could not pay. — Hezbollah paid for his wife's Caesarean section. It brought olive oil …
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Baghdad's Chaos Raises Questions on U.S. Plan — Over the past year, as American commanders pushed Iraqi forces to take over responsibility for this violent capital, Baghdad became a markedly more dangerous place. — Now the Americans are being forced to call in more of their own troops to bring the city under control.
Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
The Portmanteau Resolution … It's difficult to know exactly what to make of the proposed UN Security Council resolution the Anglos and the French have finally managed to hammer out — in part because it's really two resolutions jammed together one. — It's a portmanteau, in other words …
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Benjamin Harvey / Toronto Star:
Hezbollah equipped like the `Syrian or Iranian army' — Israel's enemy is no ragtag militia Anti-tank missiles proving deadly — JERUSALEM—Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps its deadliest weapon in the fighting in Lebanon, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.
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