Hi,
I did a little research in May 2012 and found that many photos appearing on the internet purporting to expose the Syrian government’s attacks were actually doctored photos from outside of Syria.
I presented some of my findings in New York, Beijing and Seoul. My presentation was about the similarity of the media distortions about riots in Lhasa in 2008 and Syria 2011-2012. You can see the text and slides of my presentations at:
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/beijing2012/April_Media/j-submission.doc
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/beijing2012/j-china2012-april-cafe.ppt
There is online now a much more extensive collection of examples of similar media distortions put online as part of the war to destabilize Syria. It can be seen at:
Syria: A photoshopped “revolution”
http://worldmathaba.net/items/1674-syria-a-photoshopped-revolution
with more photos and their distortion for anti-Syria propaganda at:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103208110742791515693/albums/5788407651473375217
If you see other examples I would be interested in seeing them also.
Thanks.
Take care.
Jay Hauben
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From http://worldmathaba.net/items/1674-syria-a-photoshopped-revolution
Photoshop and the Syrian crisis
One of the most famous examples of photoshopping during the ongoing foreign-orchastrated Syrian crisis is the photo which appeared in Austria’s largest newspaper Kronen Zeitung on July 28 (first photo below) when readers were treated to the image on the left of bombed out Aleppo.
The original photo on the right came from the European Pressphoto Agency and shows a Syrian family that was or wasn’t fleeing for the violence – but the Zionist media moguls apparently needed a more apocalyptic background to communicate their propaganda message against the Syrian government.
In numerous other cases photos of former war zones are used by the media as a propaganda tool in their anti-Assad campaign while photos of pro-government demonstrations in a Hollywood-esque way have been changed into photos of anti-government protestors.
More photoshop propaganda can be watched here. (Google+ page)