recceguy said:
I need one of our Muslim posters, like tamouh maybe, to rebut this webcast:
http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp
Given this, and other sites that have sprung up lately in the media, I find it hard to afford any sympathy, whatsoever, to the Arab cause. It boils down to "They lied to me". After which, there is no trust, ergo 'no support' ergo 'no sympathy'. Then they wonder why there is a backlash.
Hi recceguy
I'd say blame the photographer.
Could be both issues discussed here, A Muslim and/or Lebanese trying to create some PR or it could be a photographer out to make some cash, or both.
Just to explain how photos work, as far as I know.
I work at a newspaper (IT, not a reporter
) and we have a client machine that just downloads images, hundreds, if not thousands, per day from a server (CP I think). Each image is tagged, I believe the tag contains a description and the date loaded on the server. If a reporter needs an image for an event, he searches by keyword on the tag then picks the on he wants. The reporter is looking for something to grab your attention, as far as I can see, they don't really examine the photo that close. I guess they trust the source to be on the up and up.
As far as I know, these images are not locally archived for a long period of time. It might be because these are large, high resolution images (A guess on my part). Freelancers get paid by the picture, so take 3 or 4 pictures from 1 day shooting, sell 1 every few weeks, get extra buck at no extra work.
It's easy to pull this kinda stuff, if you know how the system works.