‘What’s wrong (or not) with this cover?’
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Did Daniel Wemp really say that? Fact Checking Jared Diamond
Daniel Wemp smiles at photographer and StinkyJournalism researcher Michael Kigl, in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, July 2008.…
More Fake Photos from Dartmouth U’s Hany Farid
It was August 1989, TV Guide published the above image of Oprah Winfrey featured as queen of daytime TV talk…
The PhotoshopDisasters Blog Is LOL Fun
PhotoshopDisasters almost never fails to make me laugh out loud. Unwitting graphic designers who hurry too fast leave a trail…
Oswald ‘Backyard Photo’: Hurry led to 1964 photo doctoring charges against Life Mag & Detroit Free Press
The now infamous "Oswald backyard photo" that appeared both in Life magazine's cover and in the Detroit Free Press in…
Classic Fauxtography Error: USA Today’s 2005 Retouching AP Image of Condi Rice
Certain "fauxtography" or doctored photo cases are repeated throughout the net. Here is one of the classics: a doctored image…
TIME Mag’s Tilt-Shift Special Effects Photos: Gimmick? Fakery? or Legit News Images?
The photo of Obama speaking to Congress in TIME magazine looks strange [May 25, 2009, print only]. Obama appears toy-like…
Fake Anti-War protest photo of Fonda and Kerry represents classic propaganda fauxtography
It was June 1971, when Ken Light snapped the young John Kerry at an anti-war rally in New York state.…
Hello from Papua New Guinea…By the way, we read The New Yorker
"Students from the Southern Highlands dressed in their traditional dress during the Divine Word Univesity's (DWU) cultural day show," writes…
The UK Times’ deceptive editorializing through photo selection: Barack Obama photo bad choice
In early May, the UK Times Online published a tough story about Obama's softening resolve on campaign promises. The opening…