With this idea of fakery in mind it didnt take long before there was a perfect example of a faked image broadcasted all over the world. Only days ago Bin Laden was confirmed dead by the President of the USA. however it didnt take long for sceptics to say that this was actually a lie. As an example of how easy it would be to doctor an image to look like a dead bin laden, an american blogger mocked up the image below. Within hours the image was everywhere with many people stating that this is the proof tat bin laden died. Ironic really.
how this image was made, with the source photos, are avlible here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-photo-fake
Another famous modern faked famous image is that of 'tourist man'
This image appeared only weeks after the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. the image shows a 'tourist' on the viewing tower with one of the hijacked plane heading towards the tower.
The image looks actually rather haunting but there are many things to disprove this as a real image. The observation deck, where the image was taken was on the second tower to be struck. The direction of the plane vs the skyline is all wrong. Also if the plane was that close, why would tourist man not turn to see what the noise was?! sadly this was another photoshopped fakery that made its round. I just wonder what honestly possessed these people to do this when so many thousands died that day.
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