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Oftentimes, media will use imagery or illustration that are there for illustrative purposes. I don't think Bloomberg claimed to be showing actual photographic e

Oftentimes, media will use imagery or illustration that are there for illustrative purposes. I don't think Bloomberg claimed to be showing actual photographic evidence. Not to mention, oftentimes the story and the presentation come from separate sources — the editors taking the written story and deciding the headline, and how to present and illustrate it.

unwind 6y ago
That is a huge pet peeve of mine, using images for "illustrative purposes" does NOT mean "to illustrate, i.e. show in images, what we're talking about". Instead, it means "to give you an image to rest your eyes on, so reading all of these annoying letters doesn't make them catch on fire" or something. This is so weird.
- thgaway17 6y ago
  From MW Definition of illustrative : serving, tending, or designed to illustrate illustrative examples art that is illustrative of provincial life
- koheripbal 6y ago
  I agree, it annoys me too - especially in astronomy posts. ...but the point in this case is that it should not be used to discredit the Bloomberg article.
- bigbizisverywyz 6y ago
  I would agree, if you have no photographic evidence, then don't include a photograph, but instead make an illustrative diagram to show what you mean.
himinlomax 6y ago
> Oftentimes, media will use imagery or illustration that are there for illustrative purposes "Hitler was a really bad man. Here is a picture of Hackernews user `kenneth` for illustrative purposes." Something like that happened in France a few years ago. A TV channel illustrated a news segment about cybercrime with the first B-roll of computers they could put their hands on. It turned out to be shots from a segment on a not-for-profit org teaching computer skills to the poor (including former inmates). The org was pissed, the TV channel just said it was "for illustrative purposes", as if that was justification enough.
- bartvk 6y ago
  I worked at a scientific institute. Every time we got some airtime, they asked the director to dress in a cleanroom suit. This man has never worked in a cleanroom, ever. But hey, it looks interesting for the layman. I've gotten extremely sceptical at whatever images the news is showing. They don't date nor give source for their material.
stjohnswarts 6y ago
This happens so often I basically assume any image I see for astronomy is fake until proven otherwise in the article.

unwind 6y ago

That is a huge pet peeve of mine, using images for "illustrative purposes" does NOT mean "to illustrate, i.e. show in images, what we're talking about". Instead, it means "to give you an image to rest your eyes on, so reading all of these annoying letters doesn't make them catch on fire" or something. This is so weird.

thgaway17 6y ago
From MW Definition of illustrative : serving, tending, or designed to illustrate illustrative examples art that is illustrative of provincial life
koheripbal 6y ago
I agree, it annoys me too - especially in astronomy posts. ...but the point in this case is that it should not be used to discredit the Bloomberg article.
bigbizisverywyz 6y ago
I would agree, if you have no photographic evidence, then don't include a photograph, but instead make an illustrative diagram to show what you mean.

himinlomax 6y ago

> Oftentimes, media will use imagery or illustration that are there for illustrative purposes "Hitler was a really bad man. Here is a picture of Hackernews user `kenneth` for illustrative purposes." Something like that happened in France a few years ago. A TV channel illustrated a news segment about cybercrime with the first B-roll of computers they could put their hands on. It turned out to be shots from a segment on a not-for-profit org teaching computer skills to the poor (including former inmates). The org was pissed, the TV channel just said it was "for illustrative purposes", as if that was justification enough.

bartvk 6y ago
I worked at a scientific institute. Every time we got some airtime, they asked the director to dress in a cleanroom suit. This man has never worked in a cleanroom, ever. But hey, it looks interesting for the layman. I've gotten extremely sceptical at whatever images the news is showing. They don't date nor give source for their material.

stjohnswarts 6y ago

This happens so often I basically assume any image I see for astronomy is fake until proven otherwise in the article.