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  1. n. Misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, and/or the addition or omission of significant context.

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  • “Is this yet another full-blown media 'fauxtography' scandal -- with Reuters once again in the manipulated frame?”

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  • “Before I get back down to some serious EU-bashing and related matters later today, I will leave you with three links on the "fauxtography" issue, each of them well worth reading (if you haven't already done so).”

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  • “If so, they need look no further than the "fauxtography" scandals of the last couple of weeks.”

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  • fauxtography" scandal, perpetrated mostly -- but not exclusively -- by a Reuters photographer.”

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  • fauxtography" scandal, including the photoshopped work of Adnan Hajj, a Lebanese employee of Reuters, also has Comments (0)”

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  • “The article includes a handy definition of fauxtography:”

    Fauxtography

  • “Oh dear, the BBC amongst others seem to have been taken in (willingly) by another piece of fauxtography.”

    Archive 2008-07-01

  • “Wikipedia for coverage of fauxtography in the Lebanese War”

    Archive 2008-05-01

  • “However, I don't remember BBC news teams being anything like so eager to pick up on the fauxtography which characterised Hezbollah propaganda in July/August 2006 (a much more recent example, by Reynolds referenced in his piece) For instance, the oft repeated footage of an ambulance which, it was claimed, had been rocketed by Israeli fighters despite the Red Cross on the top.”

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  • “Look, we are bombarded with fauxtography, Pallywood etc. and endless staged and genuine disaster scene imagery.”

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  • palooka Photoshopping news photos Mar 5, 2007

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