Subj : Re: Twitter
To   : Arelor
From : Moondog
Date : Fri May 06 2022 12:05:00

  Re: Re: Twitter
  By: Arelor to Ennev on Thu May 05 2022 09:47 am

 >   Re: Re: Twitter
 >   By: Ennev to Nightfox on Tue May 03 2022 01:44 pm
 > 
 >  > For most of the 20th century, we lived in an age where you could believe
 >  > images, still, they were airbrushing and manipulating photographs, but it
 >  > easier to spot. These days are over.
 >  >
 > 
 > Something people often forget is that you can manipulate the meaning of imag
 > without rigging the image itself. You just manipulate the context.
 > 
 > Any news agency can pick an old clip from the archives of a guy beating anot
 > guy and attatch any headline to it. That's very useful when you want to sell
 > particular sort of story. If your magazine is selling fear from dogs, you ju
 > get a picture of a dog attacking some guy and forget to mention the dog is
 > defending an old lady from a mugger.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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 > gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
 > 

The Soviets were known for cutting and adding people to pictures.  Some
propaganda pictures showed pictures of nazis executing women and children,
and either the soldier or the pleading woman were added to the photo.

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