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3:45 AM ET, August 6, 2006

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Little Green Footballs:
Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut?  —  OK, now things are getting weird.  —  This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation.  Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop "clone" tool to add more smoke to the image.
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Rob / Left & Right:
Reuters faking photos  —  Notice how the pattern repeats in the cloud at the top?  —  That's not the only thing that repeats:  —  The top red square is just a copy/paste of the lower.  —  The photo has been doctored, quite badly.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The worst photoshop I've ever seen (Update: More evidence)  —  Not the very worst, of course.  The worst professional-grade photoshop, I mean.  It is, as Charles asserts, laughably bad:  —  Half the time you spend when you use the clone-stamp tool is spent on undoing those repeating patterns to make the image look more realistic.
Michelle Malkin:
Where there's smoke, there's Photoshop?  —  ***scroll for updates...a reminder about Reuters' news-gathering policy from the Reuters website: "Our policy is to send news to our customers only after scrutiny by a group of production editors who ensure quality standards are maintained across all our news services.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Reuters Doctoring Photos From Lebanon?  —  When it comes to matters of forgery, I think Little Green Footballs has established his bona fides.  —  Even I can see the very suspicious "clonings" of picture elements here.  And I'm an idiot.  —  Decide for yourself.
Discussion: IMAO
Benjamin Harvey / Toronto Star:
Hezbollah equipped like the `Syrian or Iranian army'  —  Israel's enemy is no ragtag militia Anti-tank missiles proving deadly  —  JERUSALEM—Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps its deadliest weapon in the fighting in Lebanon, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.
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Nick Wadhams / Associated Press:
U.S., France OK U.N. Mideast truce pact
Shane Richmond / Telegraph Blogs:
Altered images  —  Warning: This post, which continues …
Discussion: EU Referendum and Greenslade
Times of London:
Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa  —  IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.  —  A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was "no doubt" …
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Merv / PrairiePundit:   Time to send Joe Wilson to Tanzania
BBC:
Mexico full poll recount rejected  —  Mexico's electoral body has rejected a request by left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a full recount of votes from July's disputed election.  —  Instead, the electoral tribunal's seven judges ordered a partial recount.
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:   Mexico election: judges say "NO" to recount
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Conn. Race Could Be Democratic Watershed  —  Loss by Lieberman May Embolden Critics of War  —  The passion and energy fueling the antiwar challenge to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut's Senate primary signal a power shift inside the Democratic Party that could reshape the politics …
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Best of the Tube Tonight  —  We're scheduled to appear on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" as part of a "political roundtable."  The program airs today at 6 p.m. EDT, with a repeat showing at 4 a.m. tomorrow, and we're told we'll be on in the second half-hour.  —  Pinin' for the Fjords
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Opinion Journal:
Romancing Fidel  —  Why the left loves Castro—from a distance.
Discussion: Democracy Project
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Baghdad's Chaos Raises Questions on U.S. Plan  —  Over the past year, as American commanders pushed Iraqi forces to take over responsibility for this violent capital, Baghdad became a markedly more dangerous place.  —  Now the Americans are being forced to call in more of their own troops to bring the city under control.
New York Times:
Washington Deal Maker Details Palm Greasing  —  WASHINGTON — In 1992, Brent R. Wilkes rented a suite at the Hyatt Hotel a few blocks from the Capitol.  In his briefcase was a stack of envelopes for a half-dozen congressmen, each packet containing up to $10,000 in checks.
Discussion: Pacific Views, Hullabaloo and Amygdala
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Anti-war, Anti-Israel, Anti-Joe  —  You fight the global war against jihadist Islam with the political parties you have.  —  We have two.  One is the Republican party, led by George W. Bush.  Its heart and mind are mostly in the right place.  Its performance as a governing party in time of war is, admittedly, another matter.
Associated Press:
Cuban dissidents fearful of retaliation  —  HAVANA (AP) — Dissidents in Cuba's eastern provinces say the country's military has beefed up its presence on the streets and is telling citizens they have permission to respond with force against anyone who speaks out against the government.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Charity Wins Deep Loyalty for Hezbollah  —  Haider Fayadh, left, watched the Hezbollah channel at his cafe in Tyre on Friday.  Hezbollah took care of a huge electricity bill he could not pay.  —  Hezbollah paid for his wife's Caesarean section.  It brought olive oil …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Iowa Voice
 
 
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