In the four-missile version of the image released Wednesday by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, two major sections (encircled in red) appear to closely replicate other sections (encircled in orange). (Illustration by The New York Times; photo via Agence France-Presse)From The New York Times:
Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently digitally altered.”
As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, NYTimes.com and many other major news Web sites.
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More News On Doctored Iranian Missile Test Photos
Iran's Photoshopped Missile Launch -- Little Green Footballs
Media Still Producing A Shoddy Product -- Strata-Sphere
Did Revolutionary Guards doctor missile photos? -- Ynet News
Has Iran joined the axis of Photoshop? -- The Guardian
Iran appears to digitally alter missile photo -- MSNBC
IRAN: Doctored missile image? -- LA Times
My Comment: Smokes and mirrors. Kudos to Little Green Footballs and other bloggers who spotted this.
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