USA Today uses digital imagery to bring out Condi’s Satanic side
Remember 10 or so years ago when OJ Simpson’s Time magazine photograph was doctored up to make him look guilty? (Imagine that? Of course they should have just painted specs of blood on him for the same effect).
Well, it’s USA Today’s turn and they’ve decided that since they could not find sufficiently evil photograph of Condoleezza Rice on such short notice so they just touched up one giving her really eerie and creepy eyes. (Michelle Malkin has the original–undoctored–image and the email address to USA Today if you are so inclined).
Independent Sources‘ Photoshop experts believe that USA Today digitally lifted the eyes from Heaven’s Gate leader Robert Applewhite.
Powerline’s experts came up with their own analysis of what effect USA Today was going after.
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October 26th, 2005 at 10:41 am
Other blogger reax: Mike’s Noise compiles the MSM’s scary Bush administration photo album. Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee weighs in on photo ethics. Scott Johnson at Power Line is reminded of Damien Omen II. Independent Sources is reminded of someone else. Yikes. Also has a round-up. The Anchoress: “The perpetual adolescents in the press are at it again…” La Shawn Barber wondered what was up with scary Condi two days ago.
October 26th, 2005 at 10:43 am
[...] then she lists a bunch of other people who are upset by this “scandal.” (here, here, and here) Come on people. I am looking at the photo. Who the hell thinks she looks like a demon? T [...]
October 26th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Condi V Zod?
Michelle Malkin et al clued me on a conspiracy against Condi Rice: See a difference there? There is a lot of speculation about why USA Today chose to do this. Some implying it’s political, some racial. Me, I don’t have
October 26th, 2005 at 1:46 pm
Michele Malkin cracks me up! But seriously, does anyone actually believe that photo editors and web designers have the time or inclination to come up with evil conspiracies? After hours of manipulating crap on a computer screen, you start seeing pixels in everything. Her eyes were too dark in the photo. She needed contrast. She ended up with a little too much. Get over it. It’s a woman in a bad picture. Nobody defaced the flag or the word of God!
October 26th, 2005 at 1:56 pm
Thank you for your concern regarding the photo of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that was published Oct. 19 on USATODAY.com. As you know, Rice’s eyes appeared unnaturally bright in the photo.
I’d like to explain how that happened. USATODAY.com, like other news organizations, often adjusts photos for sharpness and brightness to optimize their appearance when published online. In this case, a USATODAY.com editor sharpened the photo and then brightened a portion of Rice’s face. Those changes had the effect of distorting the photo and failed to meet our editorial standards for accuracy and integrity. The photo has been replaced with a properly adjusted copy and an editor’s note has been published here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-19-rice-congress_x.htm. The photo did not appear in the USA TODAY newspaper.
The editors of USATODAY.com will make every effort to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again.
Kinsey Wilson
VP/Editor-in-Chief
USATODAY.com
October 26th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
What’s even more outrageous — we have the missing “third photo” of Condi
October 26th, 2005 at 7:02 pm
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October 26th, 2005 at 7:51 pm
[...] eezza Rice look zombiefied. It wasn’t the first time the MSM used photo doctoring to villianize individuals. After [...]
October 26th, 2005 at 9:20 pm
Mr. Gilliard “represents” wonderful, reasoned, intellectual discourse from the Left… Mike at Mike’s Noise is keeping track: Bush administration photo album And if you need further proof, see this 10+ year old Time Magazine cover at Independent Sources . Am I speechless? Not yet, but then again, the liberal MSM never surprises with just how base and sordid they can be when it suits the liberal cause.
October 27th, 2005 at 9:44 am
and I’m the equivalent of the techie Igor around here. For further reading on this topic and various opinions see: Rhymes With RightMike’s NoiseConfederate Yankee: Photo Ethics Eludes USA TodaySteel City Cowboy: USA Today Uses the Sharpen Filter! Independent Sources The AnchoressT. LongrenGM’s CornerViewpoint JournalLittle Green FootballsRedState.org
October 29th, 2005 at 9:34 am
[...] eezza Rice look zombiefied. It wasn’t the first time the MSM used photo doctoring to villianize individuals. After [...]
November 3rd, 2005 at 3:24 pm
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January 12th, 2006 at 1:29 am
[...] hor Comment by Althor — 10/26/2005 @ 9:42 pm The doctoring reminds me of a certain Time magazine cover [...]
January 12th, 2006 at 11:35 am
[...] ion photo albumAnd if you need further proof, see this 10+ year old Time Magazine cover at Independent Sources.Am I speechless? Not yet, but then again, the liberal MSM never surprises with just how [...]
March 11th, 2006 at 9:38 am
[...] e weighs in on photo ethics. Scott Johnson at Power Line is reminded of Damien Omen II. Independent Sources is reminded of someone else. Yikes. Also has a round-up. [...]