Someone was caught lying

Discussion in 'Politics' started by james_bond_3rd, Mar 29, 2006.

  1. Congressional Candidate Slams Press Coverage of Iraq--With Bogus Photo
    http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274257
    Here is the snapshot of the webpage:
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    Here is the offending photo:
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    with the caption:
    "Downtown Bagdad
    We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism."

    Here is another photo of the same neighborhood:
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    It turns out to be a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.