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I'm skeptical it would be just me given there is some prominent text right below the image that says "not the radio tower". > Okay, so maybe they wanted to hav
by seadan83 3y ago
I'm skeptical it would be just me given there is some prominent text right below the image that says "not the radio tower".
> Okay, so maybe they wanted to have a photo, but there's no way to frame this that makes the journalist or the outlet look good. Intentionally or not, choosing a wrong photo is still screwing with readers' perception of reality.
Doing a search for how other news websites reported this story, only the CNN used the "correct" image. A few others used different images without even giving context it was a different tower. A few of the other ones are certainly more egregious, not labelled at all..
Other/wrong image:
https://www.fox9.com/news/radio-tower-stolen-wjlx-alabama https://www.fox9.com/news/radio-tower-stolen-wjlx-alabama
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alabama-radio-station-wjlx-booted-from-air-after-200ft-tower-vanished/ https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alabama-radio-station-wjl... (about a minute into the top clip, there is B-roll with generic radio tower images)
https://boingboing.net/2024/02/09/200-foot-radio-tower-stolen-in-alabama.html https://boingboing.net/2024/02/09/200-foot-radio-tower-stole...
Actual image:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/us/stolen-transmitter-radio-tower-jasper-alabama/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/us/stolen-transmitter-radio-t...
No image:
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/someone-stole-a-jasper-radio-stations-200-foot-tower-owner-says.html https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/someone-stole-a-jasper-radio...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/09/radio-tower-stolen-alabama-station/72534852007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/09/radio-...
> Okay, so maybe they wanted to have a photo, but there's no way to frame this that makes the journalist or the outlet look good. Intentionally or not, choosing a wrong photo is still screwing with readers' perception of reality.
Choosing a "wrong" photo that is CLEARLY labelled, I don't agree with this opinion. I find that hypercritical. Seemingly we simply disagree.