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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,442 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:34 PM Jun 2020

Fux Noise Removes a Digitally Altered Image of Seattle Protests

Fox News removed photos accompanying its coverage of Seattle’s demonstrations from its website on Friday after acknowledging that one was a combination of several different images and a second photo was of a fiery scene in a different city.

On Seattle’s Capitol Hill, protesters of the police killing of George Floyd have claimed a series of city blocks, now known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. The police there have boarded up their precinct and given protesters free rein in the area. In recent days, the zone has featured speeches, music and a screening of a film on the criminal justice system.

On Friday, Fox posted on its site a photo of a man armed with a rifle standing in front of the shattered glass of a storefront. The Seattle Times noted that it was a combination of several different photos from Getty Images taken over nearly two weeks.

Also on the website, Fox also posted a nighttime photo of a burning storefront and car, accompanied by the headline “Crazy Town” and a list of articles on the unrest in Seattle. But that image was taken in St. Paul, Minn.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fox-news-removes-a-digitally-altered-image-of-seattle-protests/ar-BB15rtVp?li=BBnb7Kz

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Fux Noise Removes a Digitally Altered Image of Seattle Protests (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Caught lying again gratuitous Jun 2020 #1
"Next time" will probably be like ... 20 minutes later ... tops ... nt mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #2

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Caught lying again
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:40 PM
Jun 2020

At least this time Fox had just enough of a vestigial conscience left to take down the altered photo. Next time (and there will be a next time) they may not be so circumspect.

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