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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » The al-Reuters airstrike: More FAUXtography?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » The al-Reuters airstrike: More FAUXtography? — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:18:39 +0000

[...] The Reuterization of war journalism Fauxtography? Amazing new IAF missiles mimic sledgehammer damage Green Helmet admits to pimping death Hezbollywood “Fauxtography” alert: NYTimes and USNews; plus Time and Reuters’ Issam Kobeisi Fauxtography: The media scandal continues [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » E&P editor attacks bloggers over Reutersgate

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:26:16 +0000

[...] I wrote two posts about purported airstrikes on automobiles in Lebanon. Read ‘em. Note in particular the opinions of specialists that I quoted (and in the comments). And note the very unique “glancing blows” the cars seem to have suffered in the photos in the second post. Which, he would have you believe, is representative of missile damage. The possibility that the damage was inflicted by someone at the scene to make the attack look worse than it was apparently does not occur to this person. [...]

By: Rabbi Yonah’s Blogshul » Hizbollywood 4: Cars that can survive missle strikes!

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:51:28 +0000

[...] The following photos showcars that were “supposedly” hit by Israeli missles. The damage suggests otherwise. You be the judge. Would an Israeli missle leave the car in such good shape? I have included a picture of a car hit by missles in Gaza. According to blog Hot Air: That photo, purporting to depict a car hit by Israeli missiles whose windshield nonetheless remained intact, was taken on August 6 by Nasser Nasser — who was also one of the photographers at Qana. Here’s another shot of the same car showing that its grill and headlights are missing. Maybe scavengers showed up after the “airstrike” and stripped them. Or maybe they were stripped long ago, before this piece of junk was dragged out onto the road and battered with something heavy in a pathetic imitation of explosive damage. [...]

By: Snapped Shot

Snapped Shot — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:09:07 +0000

Built like a Jeep?…

Allahpundit has presented some very compelling evidence that this photograph is not authentic. For comparison, he shows photos of car vehicles damaged by less powerful Katyusha rockets. I’d say it’s a very compelling argument – good job, Allahpundi…

By: Egfrow

Egfrow — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:28:34 +0000

I think the IAF is not actually bombing these cars. I believe that the IAF are bombing with cars. Nothing like dropping a 3500 pound Chevy Nova onto the top of a Hezballah Missle position. Very little collateral damage also.

By: Rusty Bill

Rusty Bill — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:28:10 +0000

In my opinion, neither vehicle was hit by an explosive warhead. Others have noted the lack of blown out windows or fire damage. I further note that all of the sheet metal damage is inward; had it been an explosive warhead from a missile, the sheet metal would be bent outward (what little sheet metal that would have been left intact). These vehicles look like someone dropped a rock or cinderblock on them from a height, as has been mentioned. At most, these took collateral damage from an explosion elsewhere. For what it's worth, I'm ex-Air Force (14 years) and ex-private cop (8 years); I've seen explosive damage, vandalism (cinderblock + overpass) and storm damage up close.

By: RightWinged.com

RightWinged.com — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:22:32 +0000

Reuters Attributes 3 Different Dates To One Building’s Destruction…

(Note: To save bandwidth on this post after the LGF link, I’m hosting these 4 images through photobucket. Please wait for all to load, and please let me know if there are any issues) I don’t even need to say……

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:59:14 +0000

I don’t suppose there’s any BLOOD anywhere on these vehicles? What a fake.

The blogosphere has figured it out but how long will it take the old media?

By: Hening

Hening — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:38:56 +0000

Didn’t Wile E Coyote have one of those missles made by Acme?

By: Blog-o-Fascists

Blog-o-Fascists — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:30:02 +0000

Iranian Cartoon Contest Features Sharon In SS Uniform…

Riehl World View

How’s that for an entry in Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Contest. Maybe Mike Wallace can MC the awards ceremony, as Ahmednejad was the inspiration for the contest.

Here’s the site that sponsors it.

Sharon in SS Uniform and here’s a …

By: » Michel: …

» Michel: … — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:01:07 +0000

[...] Het is een ware hype om te laten zien dat bloggers de waarheid kunnen achterhalen en zo wordt elke foto momenteel zo’n beetje ter discussie gesteld. Zo was er gelijk ook vanalles te doen om de foto van Fidel Castro (vervolg). Zoals je ziet uitgebreid onderzoek, verslag en ook de twijfels over de echtheid of niet. Maar dan komen de grootste Nederlandse weblogs een paar uur later hun bed uit, lezen de buitenlandse bedenkingen en nemen dit nieuws over zonder te verwijzen naar de lange buitenlandse threads en bevindingen: retecool, sargasso en het toppunt van slecht nieuws brengen: geenstijl. Retecool en Sargasso vragen zich tenminste nog af.. GeenStijl brengt iets weer eens als zijnde ‘de waarheid’ zonder argumenten of verdere toelichting. Dit terwijl GeenStijl met het enorme publiek en mensen met een journalistieke achtergrond juist goed werk op dit gebied zouden moeten kunnen verrichten.. Maar goed, die hoop heb ik al opgegeven. Tot nu toe blijven Nederlandse weblogs in ieder geval duidelijk angstig met linken naar elkaar en bronvermeldingen. Weblogs in Nederland zijn nog minder te vertrouwen dan de mainstream media en voegen in dit voorbeeld eigenlijk helemaal niets toe. Geenstijl zelfs verre van dat: roep iets ongefundeerds, onbeargumenteerd en zelfs zonder uitleg en het voetvolk ziet ineens vanalles: Doe maar curven aanpassen en je ziet het. Zelfszonder curven aanpassen is het duidelijk te zijn aan zijn rechterduim. etc. [...]

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:12:04 +0000

A yo, it’s ya boy Xzibit in the house! MTV Lebanon sent me to pimp your rides Hezbollah! Let X to tha Z take yo hoop rides on ova to West Bank Customs and hook you up!

By: Old War Dogs

Old War Dogs — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:02:01 +0000

Fauxtography? Amazing new IAF missiles mimic sledgehammer damage…

Allahpundit: We’ve been down this road before. Remember? [image] That photo, purporting to depict a car hit by Israeli missiles whose windshield nonetheless remained intact, was taken on August 6 by Nasser Nasser — who was also one of the…

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:01:05 +0000

OH NO…. you’ve all ferreted out the latest Isreali secret Weapon…

Called the David… you know… like the one that slew Goliath??? They got the idea from all the dang rug rat rock throwers in PLO land…

Its an ultrmodern Trebuchet which can hurl an immense boulder hundreds of yards completly obliterating your enemy…

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:46:42 +0000

The front windshields in both of the new photos are shattered. Modern windshields don’t break like side windows – they have a plastic layer in them that makes them stay in one sheet, even if the glass is in a million pieces. (Speaking from experience, it’s much nicer than being cut to ribbons.)

Doesn’t look like it happened right there, tho. No side window glass on the road, nor any sign of what hit it. Presumbly, bombs don’t perfectly vaporize after impact.

By: Centurion68

Centurion68 — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:25:56 +0000

Allah,

Looks like they all came from the same car lot in South Beirut! One other obvious giveaway is that the tires are all in tact, at least the ones visible. Not one of them is melted which would definitely happen. As for the ‘bullet holes’, they look like they are straight down into the hood, if they are indeed holes. Near impossible trajectory from an airborne platform, should show some sort of angle. The grouping is pretty tight and there are only a few holes, doesn’t pass the smell test again. Also, don’t know of ANY drones that carry rounds, only missiles like Hellfire.

Centurion68

By: Shmo

Shmo — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:14:34 +0000

The Mid East is full of laser guided liars. What a culture !!! And they wonder why the western lives seem to be worth so much more than theirs are.

By: rw

rw — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:08:52 +0000

Not the coyote, the A-Team. The damage looks to be the result of the classic A-Team explosion in front of a vehicle causing the vehicle to fly, flip and roll... or was it fly, roll and flip...

By: Stephen Pollard

Stephen Pollard — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:08:29 +0000

Fauxtography…

Hot Air has a great post on what looks like more ‘fauxtography’, as they call it. This picture by AP photographer Nasser Nasser, taken on August 6th, comes vis that post, and shows what purports to be a car hit……

By: Egfrow

Egfrow — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:04:21 +0000

A missle penatrator with enough force to destroy a vehicle would implode all the windows just as it pentrated the interior due to vacuum pressure. It would also go into the ground because these are not armoured. A fuzed sensor weapon is designed to pentrate thick armor of a tank. It would wipe out a POV if it ever hit one. I've seen Hellfire, the FSW, and cluster munitons up close. I've even seen kinetic inert weapons in use. All do extreme damage to their targets. These look like a boulder was dropped in them. Hmm, Laser Guided Boulders?

By: Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:56:51 +0000

Fauxtography Update: A View To A Picture Kill…

Another Picture Kill. It looks like Reuters had to change the misleading captions. A girl simply underwent “routine surgery,” as the captions say now. I’m not sure what they said before… no one seems to want to tell me. Michelle’s……

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:54:21 +0000

I guess the Israelis hired the Coyote to drop anvils on all these cars. They must have told him to “go out and get all those roadrunners!!” He must be flying around Lebanon in his ACME jet.

By: WriterMom

WriterMom — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:38:51 +0000

This one...

By: WriterMom

WriterMom — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:37:17 +0000

Those car set ups look a lot like the Lebanese ambulance shot-you know the one that was supposedly TARGETTED BY THE ISRAELIS…

By: Cary

Cary — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:32:00 +0000

Good questions AP, I’d like to know as well. I guess my question too is: where are the scorch marks? Don’t these missiles/rockets explode? If so, wouldn’t there be easily identifiable evidence of a fire; even if the fire was brief?

The Jeep and the one above it look like they were hit in almost the exact same place in the same way… front part of the roof down towards the hood. The first one was damaged in the front part of the roof as well. Since I am obviously no expert; my question is: does that even tell us anything?

Again, this post says “Israeli missiles”. Am I to believe that Israeli missiles cannot even blow up a Jeep? I’ve seen worse car wrecks. For crying out loud, I’ve been in worse car wrecks!