Again. It's hard to believe that they can get away with this, without being 
castagated across the board, but maybe I'm just that naive about it.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "lurkernomore20002000"
> <steve.sundur@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here is the Fox version -- screencapture from the video of Fox and
> > > > Friends:
> > > > http://screencast.com/t/NDYxZGM5ZjYt
> <http://screencast.com/t/NDYxZGM5ZjYt>
> > > > <http://screencast.com/t/NDYxZGM5ZjYt
> <http://screencast.com/t/NDYxZGM5ZjYt> >
> > > >
> > > > ...compared to the actual cover -- 
> http://screencast.com/t/YzNiZTRmYW <http://screencast.com/t/YzNiZTRmYW>
> > > > <http://screencast.com/t/YzNiZTRmYW
> <http://screencast.com/t/YzNiZTRmYW> >
> > > >
> > > That is disturbing. And would seem to be blantant
> > > misrepresentation.
> >
> > Not to defend Fox, but it seems a bit unlikely they'd
> > deliberately attempt such a blatant misrepresentation
> > *during an interview with Ventura about the book*.
> >
> > It's not impossible that they were sent a preliminary
> > mock-up of the cover in a package of promotional
> > materials from the publisher (which is very small)
> > before the book came out, and that in the interim the
> > cover was changed, but it never occurred to the
> > production folks at Fox to check to see if what they
> > were sent was the final cover. They just used what
> > they were sent to make the slide because it was handy.
> 
> Of course, your explanation occurred to me immediatley I saw the
> interview and backed it up to look to have a double-take at the book
> cover, but I doubt that cover ever existed as it stands there.
> 
> Fox manipulates every image they show:
> 
> ""Steinberg's teeth have been yellowed, his nose and chin widened, and
> his ears made to protrude further. ""
> 
> 
> 
> ""Similarly, a comparison of the photo of Reddicliffe used by Fox News
> and the original photo
> <http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.innovationsinnewspapers.\
> com%2Fwp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2006%2F12%2F27reddi.jpg>  suggests
> that Reddicliffe's teeth have been yellowed, dark circles have been
> added under his eyes, and his hairline has been moved back. ""
> 
> 
> 
> http://mediamatters.org/research/200807020002
> <http://mediamatters.org/research/200807020002>
> 
> OffWorld
>


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