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Title: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: thundley4 on April 11, 2012, 06:23:58 PM
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Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping
Posted by Mark on April 11, 2012 at 2:39 pm.

News reports are suggesting that later today the authorities in Florida will announce charges against Trayvon Martin’s shooter, George Zimmerman. Coverage of this story was handled by Fox News in a manner that is revealing and offensive – and wholly unique to Fox News:
(http://www.newscorpse.com/Pix/Caps/foxnews-trayvon-graphic.jpg)

This is a journalistic lynching. And note, this is not Fox Nation. It is the mothership, Fox News. The editors at this alleged “news” network are demonstrating their overt hostility to both African-Americans and journalistic ethics. If this picture doesn’t finally establish the overarching prejudice of Fox, it’s hard to know what will. Their bias is so clearly being exercised with a zealotry that the Klan would shrink from. How do they get away with this?

More: 
http://networkedblogs.com/wjbhh
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002549028

All the replies so far are just more piling on.  They don't believe that the MSM has been using a 'shopped picture of Trayvon.  In their good picture Trayvon's skin is as smooth as any model on TV for a makeup commercial.  That is the one that is photoshopped.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 11, 2012, 06:26:07 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002549028

All the replies so far are just more piling on.  They don't believe that the MSM has been using a 'shopped picture of Trayvon.  In their good picture Trayvon's skin is as smooth as any model on TV for a makeup commercial.  That is the one that is photoshopped.

Ummmmm.....ISN'T TRAYVON THE DEAD ONE? Who gives a crap what they made him look like? The dude was charged with MURDER. What else do the dumbasses want?
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: miskie on April 11, 2012, 07:11:30 PM
Time for some troof-2-powah

(http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/268/807/268807787_640.jpg)

This is the image, as it was plastered all over protester's signs.

(http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2012/03/22/23/22/5vSyO.Em.56.jpg)

And this is from the original image source.,The Miami Herald (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2708960/trayvon-martin-a-typical-teen.html) = hardly a right-wing source.

And here is the picture now..

(http://media.salon.com/2012/04/cover-460x307.jpg)

Understand, DUmbasses  ? Your side stylized Martin, and now the altered image is being carried about as if its the original - once again, you are rewriting history to fit your agenda. 

Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Ballygrl on April 11, 2012, 07:13:31 PM
What makes them think that the lamestream media hasn't actually altered pics to make him appear lighter?

ETA: thundley and miskie noticed it too.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: miskie on April 11, 2012, 07:16:17 PM
OH, and BTW - IF this isn't enough - I can prove this is a Photoshop, as I am familiar with the software in ways most of you DUmbasses aren't. I do photo restoration as a side business, and I can 'shop a picture in ways you'll never even notice.

If I didn't have a deadline to meet on some photo work right now, I'd walk you through it. There are four glaring mistakes in the work you claim is original, and probably more I could detect if I studied it.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: GOP Congress on April 11, 2012, 07:29:11 PM
Saturation
OH, and BTW - IF this isn't enough - I can prove this is a Photoshop, as I am familiar with the software in ways most of you DUmbasses aren't. I do photo restoration as a side business, and I can 'shop a picture in ways you'll never even notice.

If I didn't have a deadline to meet on some photo work right now, I'd walk you through it. There are four glaring mistakes in the work you claim is original, and probably more I could detect if I studied it.

1. Desaturation (B / W)
2. Saturation level set to hi
3. Brightness radially gradiented
4. Combination gaussian blur & Contrast retouched.

Most probably a combination of all of the above, and possible some specialized skin tone enhancements.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 11, 2012, 07:29:51 PM
Saturation
1. Desaturation (B / W)
2. Saturation level set to hi
3. Brightness radially gradiented
4. Combination gaussian blur & Contrast retouched.

Most probably a combination of all of the above, and possible some specialized skin tone enhancements.

Seriously - Dove should buy that pic for some of its skin product ads.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 11, 2012, 07:36:52 PM
Poor, innocent li'l Trayvon (or his Twitter persona, no_limit_nigga). I've yet to see the mass media use the photo showing off his grilles.

This is all a racist witch hunt until news media start using Zimmerman's sixth-grade school photo, as they've done for poor, innocent li'l Trayvon from the beginning.

If Zimmerman is  convicted, he'll just add to the statistic of 95+% of all murders being committed by democrats.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Tucker on April 11, 2012, 07:44:38 PM
Trayvon had tattoo's all up and down his arms, had a gold tooth and stood 6'3" wearing a hood. If Zimmerman didn't bust a cap in his ass, some other gang banger would have.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Elspeth on April 11, 2012, 07:46:09 PM
Understand, DUmbasses  ? Your side stylized Martin, and now the altered image is being carried about as if its the original - once again, you are rewriting history to fit your agenda. 

They want their Trayvon stylized and pristine.  The real Trayvon was 6'3'' with a not-so-angelic face, had been suspended three times, was a drug user and vandalizer, and on the night he was shot, had left his dad's girlfriend's kid alone in the house when he was supposed to be babysitting.  

He was no angel, and photoshopping him as one does not change who he was.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: miskie on April 11, 2012, 09:07:54 PM
Saturation
1. Desaturation (B / W)
2. Saturation level set to hi
3. Brightness radially gradiented
4. Combination gaussian blur & Contrast retouched.

Most probably a combination of all of the above, and possible some specialized skin tone enhancements.

It would be better looking if thats all they did - but I'm pretty sure they retouched heavily using blur and smudge tools - and they made some serious errors.

Its an amateur PhotoChop. Miskie Analysis coming..
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: BEG on April 11, 2012, 09:38:33 PM
This is the first time I have seen the unedited picture (the one they say Fox photoshopped) and I watch fox all the time.

If this isn't the ultimate example of projection I don't know what is.

The picture of Trayvon (the one they think is the actual picture) just flashed on Fox's screen (on Greta). I have yet to see the picture they are having a hissy fit over.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Elspeth on April 11, 2012, 09:44:34 PM
There are lots of other pictures out there.  Here's one of a slightly older Trayvon from CNN:


(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120411080327-gz-tm-split-edit-story-top.jpg)

Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 11, 2012, 09:51:27 PM
Saturation
1. Desaturation (B / W)
2. Saturation level set to hi
3. Brightness radially gradiented
4. Combination gaussian blur & Contrast retouched.
5. Personality set to li'l and innocent.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: miskie on April 11, 2012, 09:53:12 PM
(http://miskie.net/martin1.jpg)
(http://miskie.net/martin2.jpg)

The four things I noticed immediately.

1 ) Martin's right iris has become oval shaped.

2 ) Martin's hair line and the shadow do not match. In the original the shadow was part of his hair, which is why the problem exists now.

3 ) The inside corner of Martin's left eye is huge, creating the impression that his left eye is irregularly shaped.

4 ) In the process of smoothing Trayvon's shirt, the photoshopper missed a corner.

Three more bits of evidence from just a simple inversion.

5) in the process of increasing contrast, the photoshopper went too far and distorted the lightbulb.

6) pixellation should be consistent across a single image. Martin's face is flawless, whereas the ceiling and his shoulder exibit significantly more artifcats even though the entire image is done in grayscale.

7) The photoshopper must have got bored, and neglected to smooth and sharpen this part of the image, making the ceiling and lights in the distance sharper than these. At the same time, Martin's face is sharpest of all. - Unless this picture was taken using some sort of bracketed Notch Filter effect - focusing on the nearby and the distant while ignoring middle ground - the sharpness in seemingly random locations alone proves this image was heavily retouched.

So, Fact or Faked ? I know how I'm voting...


Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 11, 2012, 10:33:36 PM
(http://miskie.net/martin1.jpg)
(http://miskie.net/martin2.jpg)

The four things I noticed immediately.

1 ) Martin's right iris has become oval shaped.

2 ) Martin's hair line and the shadow do not match. In the original the shadow was part of his hair, which is why the problem exists now.

3 ) The inside corner of Martin's left eye is huge, creating the impression that his left eye is irregularly shaped.

4 ) In the process of smoothing Trayvon's shirt, the photoshopper missed a corner.

Three more bits of evidence from just a simple inversion.

5) in the process of increasing contrast, the photoshopper went too far and distorted the lightbulb.

6) pixellation should be consistent across a single image. Martin's face is flawless, whereas the ceiling and his shoulder exibit significantly more artifcats even though the entire image is done in grayscale.

7) The photoshopper must have got bored, and neglected to smooth and sharpen this part of the image, making the ceiling and lights in the distance sharper than these. At the same time, Martin's face is sharpest of all. - Unless this picture was taken using some sort of bracketed Notch Filter effect - focusing on the nearby and the distant while ignoring middle ground - the sharpness in seemingly random locations alone proves this image was heavily retouched.

So, Fact or Faked ? I know how I'm voting...




Bullshit, miskie - this the real Trayvon:

(http://jlawrencekenny.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/clintondarthmaul1.jpg)
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Doubleplusungood on April 11, 2012, 11:05:51 PM
Funny, but the DUmp monkeys are completely ignoring what ABC did with a photo:

(http://i40.tinypic.com/s4pgg9.png)

http://wildwildplanet.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/abc-deliberately-alters-zimmerman-pic-to-change-his-race/
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: dandi on April 12, 2012, 12:59:16 AM
Excellent find, miskie. Slam dunked right back in their lying faces.

Think any DUmmy will have the cojones to point it out? My money's on "no".
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: BlueStateSaint on April 12, 2012, 05:49:23 AM
Not to mention . . . what was his father's first action when Trayvon didn't show back up at his place?  He called the police, but not to file a missing persons report--his father called the police to see if Trayvon had been arrested for something.  What does that mean?  He knew his son.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: txradioguy on April 12, 2012, 06:12:21 AM
The photo has very obviously been photo shoped "cleaned up" to make the martin kid look more innocent than he really is.

This is no different in the dishonesty department as NBC editing that 9-11 call.  It's done for the same reasons.

The MSM had to find a different pic to show of Martin after they were busted for continually using one of him when he was 13 as if it was the most recent one of him.

The level of journalistic malfescence in this case is appalling.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: whiffleball on April 12, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
If that isn't bad enough Yahoo is using a photo of Martin when he was closer to 10 holding a little baby.  Nope, no media manipulation here at all.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Rebel on April 12, 2012, 08:31:13 AM
Funny, but the DUmp monkeys are completely ignoring what ABC did with a photo:

(http://i40.tinypic.com/s4pgg9.png)

http://wildwildplanet.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/abc-deliberately-alters-zimmerman-pic-to-change-his-race/


 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: movie buff on April 12, 2012, 08:41:51 AM
They want their Trayvon stylized and pristine.  The real Trayvon was 6'3'' with a not-so-angelic face, had been suspended three times, was a drug user and vandalizer, and on the night he was shot, had left his dad's girlfriend's kid alone in the house when he was supposed to be babysitting.  

He was no angel, and photoshopping him as one does not change who he was.
More to add:
1. Many believe he was not just a drug user, but a dealer as well.
2. One of his suspensions was due to the fact that school officials found his locker contained women's jewelry (Almost certainly stolen) and burglary tools. Considering he was out in that neighborhood on a rainy night trying to stay hidden, it's a distinct possibility that he may have been there to case the area in preparation for future burglaries, which ironically enough was the very sort of reason why neighborhood watches exist to begin with, to notice people acting in similarly suspicious manners and prevent crimes from being committed.

btw, BannedFromDU,
".....ISN'T TRAYVON THE DEAD ONE? Who gives a crap what they made him look like? The dude was charged with MURDER. What else do the dumbasses want?"
They're probably angry that he was charged with second- degree murder rather than first-degree murder.
As for what they want, I think they'd be satisfied (Or as near to satisfied as such miserable people can come) with any of these outcomes:
a) Zimmerman is dragged from his jail cell and lynched by New Black Panther/ Nation of Islam thugs before the trial starts.
b) Zimmerman is convicted of first- degree murder by an all- black jury, and spends a couple months in prison before being killed by a black inmate.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: Rufus2010 on April 12, 2012, 07:37:11 PM
DUmmies are just in denial that their beloved NBC got caught with their pants down. :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: DLR Pyro on April 12, 2012, 07:48:21 PM
Wait.  What?  Tray'von is black?  Who knew?
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: txradioguy on April 13, 2012, 01:28:40 AM
DUmmies are just in denial that their beloved NBC got caught with their pants down. :rofl:

CNN International is still telling it's audience that the tape was "allegedly" altered and that "some people heard a racial slur and some didn't".

They are still also using the older younger pictures of martin.
Title: Re: Graphic Evidence Of The Racism Of Fox News: Racial Photoshopping Trayvon is blac
Post by: JakeStyle on April 13, 2012, 08:33:41 AM
(http://robomonkey.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/trayvonfauxtograph.gif?w=450)