[lbo-talk] photo fraud

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Apr 10 14:33:13 PDT 2003


We're running a feature too on Infoshop News:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/10/0229653

Today's suspiscious spectacle is that union rally for the war in New York City. Who the hell organized that one?

Chuck0

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>From Sam Smith's Progressive Review:
>
> [YOUR EDITOR thought there was something odd about those TV stories
> describing the removal of the Saddam statue. Why had this spontaneous
> crowd gathered only on one side of the statue? Why no long shots? And why
> were those people in the background going about their urban business as
> though nothing was happening? DC Indymedia has the answer.]
>
> DC INDY MEDIA - The up-close action video of the statue being destroyed is
> broadcast around the world as proof of a massive uprising. Still photos
> grabbed off of Reuters show a long-shot view of Fardus Square... It's
> empty save for the U.S. Marines, the international press, and a small
> handful of Iraqis. There are no more than 200 people in the square at
> best. The Marines have the square sealed off and guarded by tanks. A U.S.
> mechanized vehicle is used to pull the statue of Saddam from it's base.
> The entire event is being hailed as an equivalent of the Berlin Wall
> falling... but even a quick glance of the long-shot photo shows something
> more akin to a carefully constructed media event tailored for the
> television cameras.
>
> http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63743&group=webcast
>
> MORE EVIDENCE OF THE FOTO FRAUD http://prorev.com
>
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