Iran’s Photoshopped Missile Launch

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Wed Jul 9, 2008 at 6:13 pm PDT • Views: 46,425

At least one of the photographs released today by Iran and published by an unquestioning Western media is a Photoshop fake:

(Hat tip: webs87.)

UPDATE at 7/9/08 8:20:34 pm:

An animated version at Suitably Flip: Mahmoud the Fauxtographer.

UPDATE at 7/10/08 9:25:53 am:

Here’s another one for my collection:

UPDATE at 7/11/08 11:39:57 am:

Also see:
Reality vs. Photoshop
A Memo to Fox News and the New York Times

UPDATE at 7/11/08 1:51:53 pm:

A reader emailed to let me know that a site named MilitaryPhotos.net actually noticed the modified photo a little earlier: Today’s Pics! Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 - Page 4 - Military Photos.

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 Frank says:

All right, Zubin, hit it! -- Frank's onstage cue to conductor Zubin Mehta during their collaborative effort with the L.A. Philharmonic orchestra in 1970