Fake but Accurate

I do not feel that we have enough information to really have a strong opinion of the Martin shooting. That is not stopping most people from having an opinion. We do not know what happened between the time Martin quit talking to his girlfriend and the time the witness saw him on top of Zimmerman winning the fight. It is possible Zimmerman is telling the truth. It is possible he is not. My concern is the legality of following someone who is doing nothing wrong. Is this stalking? I have no idea. 

But it is interesting that rather than let the facts speak for themselves, the story has to be framed. Instead of using more recent photos of Martin and Zimmerman, the media is using old photos—photos that make Martin look like a middle schooler, and Zimmerman look like a thug. Why was this done? To ask the question is to answer it. 

Here are the pictures: 

Here is what MNSBC, of all places, said about the pictures:

A more complex portrait of the two figures has emerged since then. A photo of a beaming Zimmerman looking sharp in a jacket and tie has come out, along with a more recent picture of Martin, with gold teeth and a white sleeveless undershirt.

Humorously, they show only the old photos in the above article. They do not show the new photos available even as they write about the unfairness of using the photos that they themselves are still using. 

Of course the media framing occurs on “the right” as well. I was hesitant in putting this here for obvious reasons, but I felt it was important enough to show the kind of framing both sides do.

Of the two photos shown on the left, the right most photo of the two is fake. It is a different Martin. Of course I immediately saw the picture on Facebook. I did not share it.  

(For those curious it was Michelle Malkin who made the mistake. It was rather a boneheaded mistake on Malkin's part. It is such a mistake it calls to question everything Malkin says if her research is that bad. I guess the photo was “fake but accurate.”) 

But we have gone from photos that are misleading, to fake photos, to finally editing for the purpose of framing. NBC had a story about the case, here is a transcript:  

In the NBC segment, Zimmerman says: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”

The full version, though, unfolds like this:

Zimmerman: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.”

911 operator: “Okay. And this guy, is he white black or Hispanic?”

Zimmerman: “He looks black.”

NBC has not commented on what they did. Of course the number of people who saw the dishonest editing dwarves in number those who will ever read what had been done by NBC's editors. The dishonest editing has served the "higher" purpose and NBC's dishonesty will soon be forgotten. 

My point is not about either Zimmerman or Martin. If we do not know what happened, we do not know what happened. My point is that you cannot trust the media, neither NBC, MSNBC, or for that matter Fox, is trustworthy. If you can't trust them, why watch them? To evaluate each story would take hours of research. I for one do not have the time. If we watch unreliable news sources we will be deceived—only read the Prophecy Podcast for fair and unbiased reporting! (Ha Ha) 

One reporter I tend to regard as reliable is Juan Williams. Click here for his article on the high murder rate for blacks. 

I am concluding with this Hannity clip, not out of any belief that he is any better than the left. He is not. I almost did not include the clip in today's post, but the clip does show the editing that NBC did—editing that makes Zimmerman look like a racist. 

This reminds me of the Bush National Guard story. Letters were produced that indicated that influence was used to get Bush his National Guard spot. It was later determined that the letters were faked. The letters may have been fake, but the media narrative said the papers were accurate. At least that was what we were expected to believe. 

A pox on both their houses. 

Comments

[eric anderson]

I was fooled by the fake Martin photo and shared it. Late at night. I woke up in the middle of the night, I had a funny feeling about it, and deleted it until I could confirm whether my feeling was justified.

Lessons learned: Do not post on Facebook at 1 am. In the light of day, question everything.

Also, remember an important lesson from the X-Files. The Truth Is Out There!

:)