MSNBC Uses Fake, 'Sexy' Photos of Sarah Palin on Air; Will Network Correct and Apologize? , page 2

Originally posted by Libertygal

Originally posted by debunky
You got it backwards libertygal

NO
You can *NOT* "Accidently" Splice footage
or when was the last time you accidently wrote a book?

Now, using a mocking fake picture in an obviously mocking piece? Erm... would you be suprised to learn that neither bush nor obama had small mustaches underneath their noses, and all those pictures were faked???
Do you think apologies are needed for that?

I do believe that someone could make a mistake in editing footage from rallies. I do not profess to know the inner workings of the Fox film editing studio. Each is welcome to their opinion.

That said, I have seen lots of mocking news pieces that didn't resort to using this tactic. Mocking has a lot of different meanings. People did it to Bush for years without using fake photos.

So using fake photos is ok to mock someone on a news show? Mind you, not a non-news station, like Fox? You support this?

From the story:

The host never admitted or addressed the fact that his network was passing off counterfeit pictures to his viewers. Earlier in the segment, Ratigan displayed an image of Palin in a short, black mini-skirt. This photo is also not real.

It's ok because it is obvious that it isn't a real picture, and that the piece is humorous. You would have a case if they presented this photo, demanding her to resign again or something like that.

Now to the mistake:
Mr or Mrs Editor gets the footage for the piece. (Or rather gets told that it is in Folder X, and that he/she should edit it to y length.
Now there are two possibilities:
Somebody put additional footage into folder X, from rally B. To do that he would have had to open Foder Z, containing footage from B and copy it into that. Now how could that a) accidently happen (how often do you copy files accidently?) b) exhibit the miracolous coincidence to be too footage of a rally in the same place.

Option B: Mr or Mrs Editor opened the wrong folder, loaded the wrong footage (despite already having the correct footage), exhibiting the same miracolous coincidence of beeing of a Rally in the same place.

And that miracle not withstanding, Mr or Mrs Editor somehow manages to edit without watching the screen to closely, totally missing the fact that the trees have become green again...

Of course they apologized! They couldnt really say "Damn, we didn't think anybody would notice that", now could they?