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There's growing resentment against Western media for the way the news reported. Take a look at following links. I saw one of them personally on NYTimes couple o

There's growing resentment against Western media for the way the news reported. Take a look at following links. I saw one of them personally on NYTimes couple of days ago. The one from CNN below the banner reads "California prisons" but the picture is from a mosque in Istanbul. One incident is a mistake, but multiple times same "mistake" only show malevolence. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FES7n-NcWkAMqaO1.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcnn%2Fstatus%2F1237986945424334848&tbnid=6WOnxz6YnBrtJM&vet=12ahUKEwji1IDMjaLoAhUJz6wKHXyEBJcQMygBegUIARDzAQ..i&docid=8MWg45kUmJxQrM&w=720&h=960&itg=1&q=cnn%20prisons%20in%20california%20are%20suspending&ved=2ahUKEwji1IDMjaLoAhUJz6wKHXyEBJcQMygBegUIARDzAQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg... https://img.piri.net/mnresize/840/-/resim/imagecrop/2020/03/17/09/52/resized_31609-e8c09d93mansetkapak.jpg https://img.piri.net/mnresize/840/-/resim/imagecrop/2020/03/...

mengibar10 7y ago
Those who downvote should comment so that we hear your argument as well. In the end all this thread is more or less about freedom of speech.
- dmix 7y ago
  Those content platforms use keywords to automatically find pictures to help journalists. All of those photos would show up for "coronavirus" regardless of the context. It's just a...non-issue?
  - mengibar10 7y ago
    I don't think so at all. A prison in CA from inside or outside looks completely different than a mosque in Istanbul. Here's what you get from Google for "coronavirus prison". https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+prison&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwit6Y344qToAhWwA50JHVSKC5UQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=coronavirus+prison&gs_l=img.3..0l2.3418.4212..4827...0.0..0.104.592.6j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39j0i131j0i67j0i131i67.HT8TRaTqiIs&ei=fXhyXu22CLCH9PwP1JSuqAk&bih=1221&biw=2233 https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+prison&tbm=isch&...
  - mengibar10 7y ago
    Also, how does this merit a downvote. I know life is not fair but I hold HN community to a higher standard. Maybe things changed a lot here as well.
catalogia 7y ago
Seems like a weird mistake that somehow got propagated to multiple platforms at once. What would be the ulterior motive of portraying Californian prisons as ornate places of worship? I don't see any political angle here, so it seems reasonable to assume it was a mistake. (I didn't downvote you. As far as I'm concerned, CNN is frequently sloppy and deserves criticism for that.)
- knolax 7y ago
  When people coming back from Iran were getting COVID-19, all the articles reporting on it were pictures of the New York Chinatown. It wasn't even to showcase people wearing masks either, in one instance it was literally just a picture of the exterior of some local Chinese Restaurant.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    Seems like a trend of incompetence.

mengibar10 7y ago

Those who downvote should comment so that we hear your argument as well. In the end all this thread is more or less about freedom of speech.

dmix 7y ago
Those content platforms use keywords to automatically find pictures to help journalists. All of those photos would show up for "coronavirus" regardless of the context. It's just a...non-issue?
- mengibar10 7y ago
  I don't think so at all. A prison in CA from inside or outside looks completely different than a mosque in Istanbul. Here's what you get from Google for "coronavirus prison". https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+prison&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwit6Y344qToAhWwA50JHVSKC5UQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=coronavirus+prison&gs_l=img.3..0l2.3418.4212..4827...0.0..0.104.592.6j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39j0i131j0i67j0i131i67.HT8TRaTqiIs&ei=fXhyXu22CLCH9PwP1JSuqAk&bih=1221&biw=2233 https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+prison&tbm=isch&...
- mengibar10 7y ago
  Also, how does this merit a downvote. I know life is not fair but I hold HN community to a higher standard. Maybe things changed a lot here as well.

catalogia 7y ago

Seems like a weird mistake that somehow got propagated to multiple platforms at once. What would be the ulterior motive of portraying Californian prisons as ornate places of worship? I don't see any political angle here, so it seems reasonable to assume it was a mistake. (I didn't downvote you. As far as I'm concerned, CNN is frequently sloppy and deserves criticism for that.)

knolax 7y ago
When people coming back from Iran were getting COVID-19, all the articles reporting on it were pictures of the New York Chinatown. It wasn't even to showcase people wearing masks either, in one instance it was literally just a picture of the exterior of some local Chinese Restaurant.
- catalogia 7y ago
  Seems like a trend of incompetence.