by iMediaEthics Staff on Aug 05, 2008
"What is Wrong with this Xinhua News Photo with President Hu?
ChinaSmack writes: "This official Xinhua News picture of China President Hu Jintao inspecting the Olympic preparations in Qingdao is too...
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by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 24, 2008
Why hoax?
BBC News' Mark Easton writes: "Some hoaxes are for financial gain. Others for revenge or to make some political point....
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 22, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Idaho Faked Diversity
Two universities were busted in 2000 for faking diversity at their campuses. According to Inside Higher Ed, the two universities fessed...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 21, 2008
“AP, TV organizations pull questioned video”
San Francisco Chronicle reports: "The Associated Press and video services operated by CBS and NBC have pulled video allegedly taken...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 15, 2008
Little Green Footballs (LGF) on Iran’s previous 2007 Fauxtography scam
From 2007 Little Green Footballs post: "LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud at Iran's Fars News...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 14, 2008
Newspapers Retract Fake Photo of Missiles they published
Haaretz Service reports that newspapers are retracting a fake photo of missiles. Haaretz reported: "'It's a doctored image,' said Gerard...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 11, 2008
“In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many”
The Lede's Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty write: "As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right appears...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 10, 2008
Scientific American: Goebbels Doctored out of Hitler’s Nazi Picture
Sciam.com reports: "1937: In this doctored Nazi photograph, Adolf Hitler had Joseph Goebbels [second from right] removed from the original...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 09, 2008
Toledo Blade Fauxtographer Allan Detrich Resigns – He Doctored 79 Photos
The Children of the Underground Watch reports: "Allan Detrich, the controversial photojournalist who we alleged was not just photographing and...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 08, 2008
Scientific American: Digital Forensics:
Hany Farid reports: "Modern software has made manipulation of photographs easier to carry out and harder to uncover than ever...