“Fox & Friends” using Photoshop to ugly up images of NYT reporters?
posted at 8:00 pm on July 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Alas, it would appear so. Media Matters has the side by side comparisons, but if you don’t trust them, feel free to compare the source photos of Reddicliffe and Steinberg with these screencaps I pulled from my own recording of the show:
The RedLasso version of the clip is embedded below. Their defense here, I assume, will be that the photos were obvious fakes, especially when viewed in the context of the image of Steinberg as Reddicliffe’s dog. Are they obvious, though? The nose they gave Steinberg is … implausible, but Reddicliffe looks sickly, not outlandish. If the point was to goof on them and they felt they simply had to stoop to drawing the computer equivalent of fake mustaches on their photos, they could have just added some text stating that they were photoshops. I don’t know what they were thinking. Exit question: What’s the excuse tomorrow? Some intern was messing around with the images for fun and his doodling somehow accidentally ended up on the show, or is it another “producer error”?
Update: Heh: “Now Media Matters is upset by fauxtography?”
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This is evidence of a conspiracy! Bad journalism though, they should admit to it. I hope they don’t make a habit of this.
AbaddonsReign on July 2, 2008 at 8:02 PM
I gave up on Fox some time ago. Now I get my news from HotAir.
nosliwelyk on July 2, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Fox is seriously going downhill fast.
aero on July 2, 2008 at 8:04 PM
God Fox news has gone way down hill.
muyoso on July 2, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Ugh. I wonder how much more airtime this will get on the major networks than the progress in Iraq will get.
jimmy the notable on July 2, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Not good. Not good at all.
robblefarian on July 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM
It’s a stupid show that I usually wake up to but I’ve always felt they are kinda lame. Almost like they are trying to talk to a bunch of 3rd graders.
Geronimo on July 2, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Whats the big deal? Fox made them look better. :P
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM
It is pretty funny though, now that I’ve watched it. That nose should have it’s own zip code.
Geronimo on July 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM
And folks wonder why I’m getting rid of cable. I’m so bored with cable news’ ineptness in reporting truly meaningful stories that have a national impact with at least a little actual analysis done. But no, they assume (making an ass of you and me) that we actually care about Hulk Hogan’s son, this or that crane crashing, or Jolie’s kids. This is stuff for local news, tabloids, or People magazine.
Send_Me on July 2, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Dumb. Just dumb.
SoulGlo on July 2, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Jesus wept… no other sources at all?
Bradky on July 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Prediction: Someone on the left accuses Fox of antisemitism for messing with Steinberg’s nose. Also, doesn’t this look like Conan’s If They Mated bit?
Verbal Abuse on July 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM
nice yellow teeth
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM
I agree big freaking deal. Someone wake me up when they start using fake documents.
Those pictures at the MM link look very different, hair styles aren’t even the same.
Kjeil on July 2, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Who the hell watches TV anymore? Invalids?
Coronagold on July 2, 2008 at 8:18 PM
May of given him Dumbo ears.
LMAO
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:18 PM
The combination of Bill O’Reilly and Shlep Smith make FOX almost unwatchable.
And that’s WITH the largest collection of blondes on cable.
misterpeasea on July 2, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Fox used to act like they respected their audience and believed we had some intelligence. Now I’m getting the distinct impression that the Powers That Be at FNC have bought into the meme that conservatives are all feckless rubes too dumb to wipe our own bottoms if a pastor or Rush Limbaugh doesn’t tell us to. They think we’re dumb enough to either buy these images as real or to think they’re funny. And they’ll also think we’re dumb enough to think they’re telling the truth tomorrow when they claim it was some intern’s “mistake.”
aero on July 2, 2008 at 8:19 PM
I may have to watch them for the first time in a year. That is too funny.
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Great. Fox is now employing the tactics of Daily Kos.
Murdoch must be so proud.
MadisonConservative on July 2, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Not at all surprised. The Fox and Friends thing used to be a decent way to catchup in the mornings but over the past several months (years?) the show has become something of a shill for the Republican party.
It seems we have a veritable plethora of shills these days…every on of them standing for a PARTY rather than the country. It just seems to me that we are putting our parties before the country and that’s dangerous and sad.
Pilgrim on July 2, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Altering photographs without disclosure (assuming it’s not obvious) is unacceptable. Somebody better get fired.
TheBigOldDog on July 2, 2008 at 8:22 PM
The Fauxtography Factor
SouthernGent on July 2, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Totally does, those are funny as hell. What the crap were they thinking at FNC? No matter, I rarely watch Fox News, usually on big election type dealies or Red Eye on occasion.
doubleplusundead on July 2, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Wrong
You cant alter a photo of an actual news event, that includes removing things from the photo.
Those photos were not newsworthy photos that were conveying factual news.
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Pathetic. Poor showing, Fox.
Spirit of 1776 on July 2, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Maybe it isn’t NewsCorp policy, or the talking heads doing it on their own… Could be that the guys in the graphics department are just trying to get a job with Reuters?
LegendHasIt on July 2, 2008 at 8:26 PM
If FNC thinks they’re standing for the Republican Party, I sure wish they’d quit it. They’re not doing us any favors at all. They’re making themselves/us look like idiots with stuff like this. We’re the ones who threw a fit over fauxtography last year, and now “our” network is doing it merely to stick a finger in the eye of their competitors? Totally unprofessional and embarrassing.
aero on July 2, 2008 at 8:26 PM
I probably get my news from hundreds of sources online, including at leftie sites, I say, why not? If you’re gonna pick one news source, this isn’t that bad a choice.
doubleplusundead on July 2, 2008 at 8:27 PM
aw,,, da widdle repawters have their faces manipuwated…. boo hoo….. what’s good for the goose, folks!…. awwwwww
MNDavenotPC on July 2, 2008 at 8:28 PM
I used to have to watch FOX for two whole minutes to learn the 3 stories they would loop continuously, now it takes two seconds since they have three pictures on the right side the screen to show you what they plan to loop.
.
If another news channel took middle to right coverage, FOX would be finished.
abinitioadinfinitum on July 2, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Doesn’t Olberman do this?
Micheal on July 2, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Ok, probably some type of journalistic malpractice, but I can’t seem to stop laughing….the guy with the big nose looks a little like Pierce Brosnan in real life, yet they totally managed to make him look like a complete gork…what they did to his forehead and his hair…I just can’t stop chuckling. Not good..but damn funny.
austinnelly on July 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Whatever. Pass the Koolaide.
TheBigOldDog on July 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
hundreds? must be nice to have that much time on your hands or you are only browsing headlines…
Bradky on July 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Stupid.
Lunkinator on July 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
I have to agree, this was a stupid move… But as a Fox & Friends fan, I have to give some slight benefit of the doubt, and hope this is the case… Perhaps someone photoshopped the original images, and thought it was obvious when packaged with the dogs picture, and failed to inform the hosts because the photoshopper thought it was obvious (even though I agree, that is questionable). So Kilmeade and Doocy not reacting as if those were photoshops, could easily be because they didn’t know (in fact, that part is more than likely). But perhaps there was less “sinister” motives here, and more of a gag that the hosts weren’t let it in, because the person who came up with the goof didn’t realize it wasn’t obvious.
Again, stupid all around, but I have to leave that slight chance open for the F&F crowd… I await their response, and then I’ll make my final judgment.
RightWinged on July 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Anybody else notice how much he looks like Joe Torre?
radjah shelduck on July 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM
TheBigOldDog on July 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Have you been a photographer for a newspaper? I have. My camera equipment is worth half your car.
But of course in the Internet world, you can run your mouth like you know what you are talking abut, then throw out the old koolaide line, nice. Yet you want to bag Fox for having some fun with some jerks.
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Alright, hundreds is a stretch, but a lot.
doubleplusundead on July 2, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Almost like putting a big black X over Cheney’s face, or running subsciprt saying “death to the chimperor” during a broadcast. Oh, that wasn’t FOX that did that? Whatever. It’s all tabloid anyways.
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 8:37 PM
doubleplusundead on July 2, 2008 at 8:27 PM
True that since AP is willing to link to left/right/sexpert.
Spirit of 1776 on July 2, 2008 at 8:38 PM
While I thought it was really really stupid and hope somebody’s fired, reading the Media Matters comments just made me want to bang my head against the wall. “NAZIS!!!” No joke.
And yeah, I too get my news from Hot Air, LGF, right-wing talk radio (I is evil!!!!!!!), and friends. Occasionally I look at Google News too. I don’t see the big deal.
OneGyT on July 2, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Wow, that is blantantly obvious. How pathetic to be rightfully called out by Media Matters.
I won’t get on my soapbox here, since the things I’ve said about NYT reporters would get edited out of any decent broadcast, but that is silly.
joewm315 on July 2, 2008 at 8:39 PM
How much do you spend on Koolaide each week? That’s the real question.
For all you know I drive a Lamborghini so you ought to be really careful about your bragging. You have no idea who you’re talking to.
PS - i had a darkroom when you were a twinkle in your mother’s eye.
TheBigOldDog on July 2, 2008 at 8:41 PM
You are right, it is the internet. You are in your own fantasy world.
What an ass
WoosterOh on July 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Well, I wouldn’t go that far, but I get my political* news from hotair.
Pretty f’d up no matter how you look at it. If MSNBC did this conservative bloggers would have a field day.
You know what pisses me off, it demeans the entire idea that a conservative based viewpoint can be taken seriously. Way to dig your own grave.
triple on July 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Maybe I’m wrong, but it just looks like the aspect ratio got screwed up. I’ve seen lots of photos like that in the news lately -its what happens sometimes when you combine normal definition photo/video video with an HD broadcast. Watching live flood coverage a few weeks ago there were all kinds of photos and even video that looked like that when it was “embedded” in a larger digital video stream. During the floods I just chalked it up to local news crews doing everything they could with whatever equipment they had on hand. Fox & Friends shouldn’t have that kind of trouble.
taznar on July 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Interesting, and I suppose it could account for the warped face, but the yellow teeth and the eyebags, too?
I’m actually asking, because I have no idea how that stuff works.
joewm315 on July 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Yes you are and you really ought to stop it because if you were ever truly a professional news photographer as you claim you’ll leave the impression that it’s a common practice to alter photos to fit a political agenda.
It’s unacceptable when the Leftist media does it. It’s unacceptable when stringer do it in the Middle East. It’s unacceptable when Fox does it. It’s unacceptable period.
TheBigOldDog on July 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Nope. They yellowed Steinberg’s teeth, too. Had to be a deliberate effort.
aero on July 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
No, its clearly the liquify tool (i.e. photoshop).
triple on July 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
anyone else notice once Michelle left Fox news it started on its downhill spin ?
:)
William Amos on July 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
There must be a way to somehow use it as a proof that Fox News is better than the Daily Kos.
freevillage on July 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I watch “Fox and Friends” every morning getting ready for work, and refuse to bash the Fox News Network as a whole. It’s all I tune into.
But….Brian Kilmeade is forever a sportscaster and Steve Doocy is forever a weatherman. They fail HORRIBLY when it comes to anything else. I breathe a sigh of relief when Bill Hemmer takes over. Obviously the people behind the cameras can be as juvenile as Brian and Steve.
Marcus on July 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Well,this is a tad perplexing,
Umm,should I truly give a rats !ss,
When CNN and the rest have photoshopped,and have taken
pictures of President Bush and VP Dick Cheney,with un-
flattering words in the background!
Again,if we use the Liberal Playbook,it states that some
one needs to resign or be fired,and according to the hand
book,this situation won’t be resolved untill either of the
first two(resign or fired)are met!
canopfor on July 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Ooops,I’m not suggesting anyone at Fox,should be
fired or resign,this is done by the Left daily!:)
canopfor on July 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
When your product is news, this undermines you. Disappointing.
koolbrease on July 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Very pathetic. Thanks for giving media matters some ammo. Totally worth it..
Dash on July 2, 2008 at 9:01 PM
No.
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I don’t watch Fox any more. It ended for me with Jerry
SpringerRiveraWade on July 2, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I guess a sense of humor doesnt always go with wisdom.
William Amos on July 2, 2008 at 9:15 PM
So it was a joke, and you don’t like it when people don’t laugh along with you. That’s so sad. How about you make fun of my login name- wait. You just did. That’s even sadder.
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 9:23 PM
I don’t get what the hubub is all about. You mean the guy really isn’t a poodle?
Lighten up Francis
myamphibian on July 2, 2008 at 9:32 PM
How do you know they weren’t trying to pretty them up? Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.
Buddahpundit on July 2, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Leave William Amos alone!
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Yeah, my bad carbon. Won’t happen again.
I mean it. *sniffle*
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Oh and big deal; its not like fox put our national security in peril or gave away classified information as the NY Times did. This is funny. Fick the NY Times.
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I was channeling Chris Corker the gay thing guy.
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM
MSM lies and shills for the left 24/7 and this gets your panties in a twist? Put some ointment on it…
R D on July 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Scandalous! Next AP will be posting proof that those Jimmy Kimmel video clips Brit Hume uses to close his show are fake. This sure looks like a Kimmel-style prank by the Fox and Friends goofballs and it worked — I can’t stop giggling.
Terrie on July 2, 2008 at 9:46 PM
The thing is, those freaks were already ugly without the shooping.
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
I think someone missed something here fellers - I may be wrong - BUT-
The F&F Show was showing pics of people from the 80’s - it has been their theme this week. I was 1/2 asleep as I watched it this AM -
HOWEVAH - I do think that they said the pics were from the 80’s when these men were in previous jobs.
My hairline was several inches lower in the 80’s and my teeth had not seen the magic of modern dentistry as yet either.
I think someone should watch the entire segment before getting their _)*_)*_*(ies in an uproar.
iam7545 on July 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Yeah. You’d wonder by the comments,
and more,
you’d wonder if most of the commenters ate at the ‘all you can eat scarcasm and snark buffet’ this evening, or have all come from places like the huffington post and media matters.
Either that, or they are deeply upset that their friends, coworkers and family members were so deeply insulted by the hated faux noise crew.
I mean, seriously, lampooning the goons at the New York Times is a bad thing? Whats next, attacking the journalist credibility of that wonderful and honest reporter, Dan Rather?
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Are you sure? Looking at the side-by-side I see what you’re talking about, but I also note the entire picture is darker and the teeth are yellow in both pictures. If I take a picture and display it on all the computer monitors and TVs I have around the house, the colors will look drastically different on just about all of them.
I’m not saying they weren’t deliberately altered, but I’m not convinced they were. Now if someone can do an analysis and tell me the color differences in one part of the picture are different from another, that would be convincing.
taznar on July 2, 2008 at 10:02 PM
What’s the problem? If those who dish it out can’t take it, they shouldn’t “go there”.
And yes, I do believe in stooping to their level to get even.
madmonkphotog on July 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Geez I thought Id lessen the tension in the chat with a joke but I guess some are to use to being sourpusses.
William Amos on July 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Those two goofy effeminate heterosexuals attack again, they’re so creepy, especially Doocey. So hard to believe he actually has a wife.
Robert Smeigel needs to put them in a cartoon frame - together.
AprilOrit on July 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM
You go girl….
AprilOrit on July 2, 2008 at 10:14 PM
they made that one guys nose big!
RACIST!!!!!!!!
Chakra Hammer on July 2, 2008 at 10:33 PM
I’m guessing they were going for the long,thin dog face look, which does fit the theme of the segment, biting back at the attack dogs. Maybe not as slick and well thought out/packaged as it could have been, but it’s a live morning cable news show for chrissakes.
Kudos to F&F for fighing back!
myamphibian on July 2, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I hate it when they pile on.
Dan Collins on July 2, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Big nose?
Fox & friends are the guy on the right, and the New York Tims is the guy on the left.
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 10:43 PM
A little name calling, eh?
Johan Klaus on July 2, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Funny pics. But they shouldn’t have done it.
The thing that gets me is that Media Matters must record and parse every second of Fox News programming in order to have caught that. It was not exactly the story of the century.
It has been sad to see the Gretafication of a once fine network. Brit Hume is still good though… and Heather Nauert is still GORGEOUS!
edgehead on July 2, 2008 at 10:48 PM
I stopped watching FOX AND FRIENDS a year ago and Morning Joe, even without Joe, is preferable.
Doucy is LAME.
KIMEDE is LAME.
hashman on July 2, 2008 at 10:50 PM
They spend every hour of the day doing this. This is their full time jobs. While you and I have a job we go to, and then come to places like this to read news and comment, these people derive their income from searching for the faintest of specks to take out of context, to blow up out of proportion and the people who go to view their website give them views that are recorded every time someone views them, and they can use this information for advertising or marketing purposes. Eyeballs and clicks.
This along with contributions pays their salaries. For people who see this as a ‘war’ of ideas, or for control of the culture, this isn’t just a passing oddity. These people are participating in a media war that has as it’s existence the dominance of liberal democrat ideals to the goal of the defeat of conservative republican views. Yes, the internet is ’serious business’ for these people. And they want conservative voices to be denigrated. They’d love to see Fox News taken off the air, because they are a threat to them, and the liberal media they are a part of.
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Lame? How about weirdo creepy like John Mark Carr creepy…
AprilOrit on July 2, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Well just think how it would be without cable, dish and internet. You wouldn’t have a thing to bitch about because all you would get is what folks like Dan Rather want you to believe. Think about that mind manipulation and think back to the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and wonder just how we were used by the main stream media.
Yeah, there’s some lame stuff on cable, but they have to fill with something in this 24/7 news cycle. I think we are much better off having Fox News on the air than we are with the rest of the left leaning networks.
(just an opinion)
R D on July 2, 2008 at 11:06 PM
What’s worse? Poking fun at some spare reporters, or putting a Halo behind Obama? The world needs to lighten up a bit… if this is all that the Left can gripe about I think Conservatives will be happy come November.
What’s good for the goose…
cannonball on July 2, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Maybe McCain can pick up some lefty votes by running a Crucifix in Urine campaign. The left would eat that up, right?
cannonball on July 2, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Not any more, mister cannonball. They liked him just fine just six months ago, but now? No way in hell anything McCain could do or say would get any left votes while Messiah is busy preparing to be Jesus in Chief of America.
wise_man on July 2, 2008 at 11:34 PM
My thoughts exactly. It appears to be the reverse of stretching a 4×3 signal to fit 16×9.
darkpixel on July 3, 2008 at 12:24 AM
For those that don’t get it. They’re jerking NYT’s chain. They got hit and they’re hitting back.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2008 at 12:42 AM
True, but at least they didn’t make them look this hideous.
labrat on July 3, 2008 at 12:47 AM
This is a fairly common practice-MSNBC for one does it often. Suddenly the folks hanging here at Hot Air are outraged because Fox is doing it? Falling for Media Matters crap and making a big deal over nothing.
Goodale on July 3, 2008 at 3:16 AM
Fox used to hold its head high and ignore all of the crap tossed at it from the likes of MSNBC and the NYTimes. Lately they seem to have made the decision to get into the mud and play the same games. They may have a similar political philosophy to mine, but I can’t use that as an excuse to defend their methods. Steve D is the worst as of late. He practically orgasms every time he reports some negative story about the Democrats. He’s hardly fair and balanced anymore. A week or so ago I shifted to a local morning show and turned off Fox. I feel a lot “cleaner” now. If they’re going to behave like Olbermann, O’Reilly, and Hannity, then I’m going to treat them the same way… with the off button on my remote.
Gartrip on July 3, 2008 at 6:40 AM
Watching Fox and Friends for the first time in a year. Great show.
Thanks for this thread.
WoosterOh on July 3, 2008 at 6:43 AM
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