Saturday, March 31, 2007
Journalists with Photoshop
Tim Blair has a post about what appears to be a fake before and after photo of Sydney, Australia turning its lights out for some political cause. It's blatantly photoshopped or else altered photographically (longer exposure for the lights on version). Compare the number of individual offices which have lights on in the buildings. Not much of a difference. Seems like not that many people were in on the whole thing. Look at how screamingly bright the headlights are on the bridge in the lights on picture. The brightness of the headlights wouldn't change to the point where they saturate the "lights on" version.
UPDATE:
Here's another set of photos that seem to be at least somewhat enhanced. Here's why: Ask yourself why is it that the Sydney Opera House lights reflect off the water when the other lights are on, but yet don't reflect on the water when the other lights go out? If anything, the lack of other lights would make the opera house lights stand out even more in contrast to the darkness. And you'll notice that those lights seem signficantly dimmer in the lights out photo. Also notice the street lights on the right side of the lights on photo are significantly more saturated than the lights off photo.
However, at least these photos shows more actual lights going out.
The real issue here isn't whether the lights went out, it's whether journalists altered photos to make it appear to be so. It's like the case where a journalist published a detailed account of an event that didn't actually happen (not attending the event, just assuming it would go as usual). Journalist integrity is the issue.
Overclockers.com.au photos
What the Original Probably Looked Like
UPDATE:
Here's another set of photos that seem to be at least somewhat enhanced. Here's why: Ask yourself why is it that the Sydney Opera House lights reflect off the water when the other lights are on, but yet don't reflect on the water when the other lights go out? If anything, the lack of other lights would make the opera house lights stand out even more in contrast to the darkness. And you'll notice that those lights seem signficantly dimmer in the lights out photo. Also notice the street lights on the right side of the lights on photo are significantly more saturated than the lights off photo.
However, at least these photos shows more actual lights going out.
The real issue here isn't whether the lights went out, it's whether journalists altered photos to make it appear to be so. It's like the case where a journalist published a detailed account of an event that didn't actually happen (not attending the event, just assuming it would go as usual). Journalist integrity is the issue.
// posted by Bruce @ 1:01 PM 
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Rumbled.
You know the plain unadorned truth was so over rated in days gone by. This lefty media Truthism is so much more um Truthy.
You know the plain unadorned truth was so over rated in days gone by. This lefty media Truthism is so much more um Truthy.
# posted by 
: 4:51 AM
: 4:51 AM
Give that 57% of Sydneysiders participated - I think you are on a loser here trying to prove the media exaggerated participation.
Wadard,
I'm clearly open to any rational argument which addresses the issues I've identified with the photo. Arguments that I simply don't have the authority to make observations and ask rational questions are hogwash. I don't belong to that church.
I'm clearly open to any rational argument which addresses the issues I've identified with the photo. Arguments that I simply don't have the authority to make observations and ask rational questions are hogwash. I don't belong to that church.
...not only that, but if 57% of Sydney participated, why did electricity use not go down during that hour. In fact, electricity use spiked during the time before the Earth Hour.
Never mind the lights -- look at the sky! It's so much brighter in the "before" version. I don't think "light pollution" begins to account for that.
# posted by : 5:33 PM
: 5:33 PM
The lights on the Opera House were dimmed, you conspiracy freak. Astronomers all around Sydney agree that the light pollution diminished significantly during Earth Hour.
# posted by : 5:02 AM
: 5:02 AM
You can actually see which lights were turned off and which were left on. But regardless of that, the point is that it's clear from several other specific light sources that the photo was altered in one of a few possible ways in order to exagerate the actual effect. In the journalism industry, this is considered a serious breach of standards.
In the journalism industry, this is considered a serious breach of standards.
To consumers, this is considered a serious breach of standards; in the journalism industry, it's considered de rigeur.
To consumers, this is considered a serious breach of standards; in the journalism industry, it's considered de rigeur.
Dear sport:
Great bit and I like the cut of your jib. Hey, all over the West, the MSM has adopted no journalistic standards as THEIR standard. Same in Australia, I'm afraid.
How can you tell if a journo/editor is incompetent, biased, a Leftard, a liar, a phony and so on? Easy. They're lodging a 'story and putting out er, 'copy'.
Found you via Tim Blair dot net.
All the best from Colonel Robert Neville dot blogspot dot com.
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Great bit and I like the cut of your jib. Hey, all over the West, the MSM has adopted no journalistic standards as THEIR standard. Same in Australia, I'm afraid.
How can you tell if a journo/editor is incompetent, biased, a Leftard, a liar, a phony and so on? Easy. They're lodging a 'story and putting out er, 'copy'.
Found you via Tim Blair dot net.
All the best from Colonel Robert Neville dot blogspot dot com.
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