[lbo-talk] photo fraud

[Ian Murray]

----- Original Message -----
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
> 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

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How soon before Baudrillard says the statue never fell?


:-)