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Old 09-18-2010, 12:06 AM   #1
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Sept 18, 2010: Hosni Jumps Ahead

This is a picture of the major players at the Mid-East Peace talks, taken at the White House.
Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, is on your left.



But when the picture was published in Al Ahram, owned by the Egyptian government, Hosni Mubarak has jumped ahead.



The jig is up...
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As The Lede explained on Thursday, an Egyptian blogger had noticed and publicized the fact that the newspaper had manipulated a news photograph in a way that seemed to flatter Mr. Mubarak without informing readers that the image was not real.
But, but, but...
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Ossama Saraya, the editor of Al Ahram, Egypt’s oldest daily, argued in an editorial that the altered photograph “was meant to be expressive,” of what he called, “the precise political position of President Mubarak” in the quest for peace in the Middle East, the independent Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported. The editor defended the image as an expression of Mr. Mubarak’s “unique role in leading” the talks.
No harm, no foul, just a silly embarrassment, methinks.

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Old 09-18-2010, 12:10 AM   #2
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I Call HAGGIS !!!

Its Shoped , Thus its SHIT !!!!
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Old 09-18-2010, 01:48 AM   #3
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Not necessarily shopped.
Except for Netanyahu, the arm positions of each man has changed.
They could have simply changed positions between two pics.
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Old 09-18-2010, 02:20 AM   #4
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Did you read the fucking link?
Did you read the op?
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Old 09-18-2010, 09:32 AM   #5
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No, I didn't know I was supposed to.
Again, I'll try to do better next time.
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Old 09-18-2010, 11:05 AM   #6
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I Call HAGGIS !!! Thus its SHIT !!!!
My sentiments EXACTLY on Haggis! HAGGIS

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Old 09-18-2010, 12:10 PM   #7
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Bruce, temper! Tsk, tsk.
I think it is obvious that a photograph was modified (is Photoshop the only way?) to place Mubarak in a more attactive light.
It just wasn't the top photo that was changed, but another one a step away.
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Old 09-18-2010, 12:22 PM   #8
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this is a horrible parody of a "free" press.

the arm positions aren't the same, because everyone has been reversed. look at the angle of the ties.
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Old 09-18-2010, 12:28 PM   #9
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the arm positions aren't the same, because everyone has been reversed. look at the angle of the ties.
You need to hone your "looking" skills. There is one due with a "reversed" looking tie. Look at his legs.
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Old 09-18-2010, 12:29 PM   #10
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that's what it looks like to me; several of the guys are definitely reversed
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Are we looking at the same thing ???
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Old 09-18-2010, 12:41 PM   #12
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perhaps not; unimportant, really anyhow
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I demand several more posts on this specific subject! You go next.
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several more posts on this specific subject!
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Old 09-18-2010, 03:39 PM   #15
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Bruce, temper! Tsk, tsk.
I think it is obvious that a photograph was modified (is Photoshop the only way?) to place Mubarak in a more attactive light.
It just wasn't the top photo that was changed, but another one a step away.
Tsk tsk my ass, "shopped" means altered photograph, by any method.
In both the original post, and the link, Al Ahram clearly, succinctly, irrevocably, stated the photograph had been altered by them.
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this is a horrible parody of a "free" press.
Al Ahram is owned by the Egyptian government.
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