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NEWS ABOUT: doctored photo

doctored photo stories: 5 news summaries

Iran Adds Extra Missile
to Image of Yesterday's Tests

AFP retracts photo, front-page material across US, after discovery

Jul 10, 08 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Enemies of Tehran, prepare to be 25% less intimidated—and perhaps more amused. An image of three missiles being test launched yesterday was doctored by Iranian state media to add a fourth, the New York Times reports. Agence France Presse picked up the photo, which made front pages around the... More »

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Iran • newspaper • missile • Photoshop • doctored photo • Agence France-Presse

Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

Publications see fraud in submissions; screening on the rise

May 30, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientific journals' status as bastions of objectivity and truth has come under fire in the past 10 years because of "image fraud," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Researchers alter representations of scientific data for inclusion in journal articles for various reasons, and not all have evil intentions.... More »

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federal investigation • scientific discoveries • doctored photo • scientific research • false statement • scientific journal

Opinion

 Bringing Sexy Back?
 How About Just Reality?

Beyond blemishes, glossies have retouched the truth out entirely

May 23, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of seeing the truth airbrushed and Photoshopped entirely out of Vogue and its glossy rack-mates, Mark Morford, in the San Francisco Chronicle, ruminates on his ideal reality-based publication. His mag—Truth Hurts or My Eyes, My Eyes!—will feature "wrinkles and scars and flab and sag, stretch... More »

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media • magazine • photo editing • Photoshop • doctored photo • magazine industry • altered photos

 Photoshop for the Rest of Us 

Adobe releases
free, web-based
image editor

Mar 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adobe’s Photoshop has long been the standard for high-end image editing, but for Joe Q. Digital Camera, it’s too imposing, too complicated, and much too expensive. Today, Adobe hopes to fix all that, rolling out Photoshop Express, its free, web-based photo editor. The flash-based editor gives point-and-clickers a... More »

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Facebook • digital photography • photo editing • Photobucket • Photoshop • Adobe • doctored photo • Photoshop Express

China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

State news agency apologizes for doctored image of antelopes near train

Feb 22, 08 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - China’s state-run news service has apologized for running—and honoring—a doctored photo that aided the government’s argument about a new train line's environmental impact. The 2006 image showed antelopes frolicking under Tibetan tracks, purportedly demonstrating that the beloved beasts weren’t affected by them. It worked, until... More »

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China • Beijing • photograph • Tibet • Photoshop • hoax • Xinhua • antelope • doctored photo

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