The Hard Working Media

Telling the truth is hard work, especially when everyone wants to lie to you. That's why journalists have a tough job. But, just because it's hard doesn't mean they shouldn't work at it.

Here's a case in point. Your local newspaper/internet website probably showed the following picture of the recent Iranian missile test:



But, look a little bit closer. See anything suspicious? Maybe this will help:



That's right, Agence France-Press, the folks who distributed the image which it got from an Iranian website, are now indicating that it was digitally altered. The Iranian website now only shows the 3 missile image.

So, the most respected newspapers in our country are printing second hand versions of pirated "news" images from less than reliable sources. Nice. Could they be any lazier? Still have any questions as to how Bush got away with the WMD argument for Iraq? I thought not.

There will be the usual media self-flagellation over this for about 48 hours. Then they'll go back to putting their resources towards car wrecks and celebrity crap instead of reporting important news. This is why no one's crying over so many newspapers going under.