Comments on: A light smattering http://electrolicious.com/2003/11/a_light_smatter Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:30:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: dave http://electrolicious.com/2003/11/a_light_smatter#comment-3134 dave Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:05:30 +0000 #comment-3134 You can't take the AP (or any other mainstream media outlet) too seriously. They just as often, if not more often, over report the size of protests, and the tv outlets keep their crowd shots in close to make the crowds look bigger than they are. But the most comical thing the AP has done in recent memory is <a href="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_833468.html">this story</a>. There may or may not be some validity to the story, but the photo they use is so obviously photoshopped that they should be ashamed of themselves for publishing it as a real news photo. You can’t take the AP (or any other mainstream media outlet) too seriously. They just as often, if not more often, over report the size of protests, and the tv outlets keep their crowd shots in close to make the crowds look bigger than they are.

But the most comical thing the AP has done in recent memory is this story. There may or may not be some validity to the story, but the photo they use is so obviously photoshopped that they should be ashamed of themselves for publishing it as a real news photo.

]]> By: El Gray http://electrolicious.com/2003/11/a_light_smatter#comment-3133 El Gray Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:39:46 +0000 #comment-3133 That IS a great one. I guess that's what you'd expect of a journalistic organization with <i>a certain level of quality</i>! That IS a great one. I guess that’s what you’d expect of a journalistic organization with a certain level of quality!

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