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by Freak_NL 6y ago
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If this is the future of the BBC (being in the 'future' category of the website), then I'll pass on that.
- MattGaiser 6y agoThe thing is that everyone does this and everyone is paying to do this (as stock photos are not free). I assume it is passing A/B testing.
- agustif 6y agoIf you're cheap there's unsplash though, nice quality for the pricetag (free)
- vorpalhex 6y agoThere's a time and place for this technique. I do it on my posts where I'm showing you something as it evolves - usually an electronics project. Long running narratives are usually not the place for this.
- Doctor_Fegg 6y agoApparently the BBC has a bulk deal with stock photo agencies where they basically get unlimited usage for £££ every year. I found this out when I asked them why they were using a Getty image of Broadcasting House (in a story about BBC office moves) rather than just stepping out into the corridor and taking one...
- sandworm101 6y agoLook deeper at the first photo. That isn't even a real dentist. Those are not medical/laser safety glasses. They look like they came out of a carpenter's toolbox. And look at the tool in his right hand (camera left). We have all been eye-to-hook with the various dental implements. That doesn't look like any tool i've ever seen. I think it is a prop, a blunt tool so that actors don't cut themselves. If the BBC is going to use a stock image, at least use the one of a real dentist. (I can forgive the faked scratches on the glasses. That was probably done so we don't see the reflected image of the camera lens.)
- BeniBoy 6y agoI'd say those are some scultping tools.. Like those [1] [1]: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1827273916.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1827273916.html
- dekhn 6y agoThe tool on camera left is a dental pick, the tool on camera right is a mirror (held backwards).
- snypher 6y agoCounterpoints.They look like laser safety glasses to me and I don't presume to know all the dental instruments. Why is this so concerning to you? Do you feel deceived? Most stock photos use actors and this shouldn't be surprising.
- sandworm101 6y ago>> Why is this so concerning to you? Because this is the BBC. I hold them to the highest standards. Everything they use should be legit, even stock images.
- rubyron 6y agoThe tool in his right hand is a standard dental probe explorer, used for measuring gum depth, and the one in his left is a dental mirror. Pretty standard stuff. Safety glasses look legit too. (source: am retired dvm)
- ce4 6y agoFirefox' reader mode helps a lot in such cases. Beloved and often used feature.
- ivanche 6y agoTRWTF is that they still have a link to share an article on (long defunct) Google+.
- andrewf 6y agoNews sites just add random stock pictures. If a story is about airplanes, someone adds a random photo of a plane. Not a plane that has anything to do with the story. Not necessarily the correct type of plane. Or even a plane from the same manufacturer. But they want to show readers a plane. Stories about construction projects will feature stock photos of people in hardhats, taken years ago and half a world away. I guess people like pictures and it's expensive to go take relevant ones. My mind still boggles. Can you imagine newspapers doing this 30 years ago?