March 22, 2003

Fake

Possibly thinking that no one would notice or care, CBS online used an obviously fake photo of B-52s "in formation over Baghdad" on their website. One problem: this is the internet. Instead of having to sit and grumble at an inaccurate or wrong tv newscast, and at the most only be able to make a phone call or write a letter of complaint (which would then be judiciously round-filed like as not), today's viewers can publish their own refutations on the very same medium that carried the error or lie. Ain't the internet grand?

Posted by Andrea Harris at March 22, 2003 12:15 AM
Comments

Pathetic, those aren't B-17s, and that isn't Berlin. What were they aiming for, fake retro-chic?

Posted by: Paul at March 22, 2003 at 01:15 AM

I think they were trying to invoke Dr. Strangelove.

Posted by: Kevin McGehee at March 22, 2003 at 02:23 PM