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I just read this on Ace and am in total disbelief, the AP objects and rejects to adding a United States Flag to a U.S. Military photo of Four Star General Ann Dunwoody. See Ace for photos.

If you look up fauxtography and doctored media photos you will find the AP…literally!

This evidently happened back on Nov. 14th and I obviously missed it. Bold Added

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Army manipulated general’s photo !!!!!!!***!!!!***!!!!!

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press on Friday suspended the use of photos provided by the Defense Department after the Army distributed a digitally altered photo of the U.S. military’s first female four-star general.

The image of Army Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody is the second Army-provided photo the AP has eliminated from its service in the last two months.

The AP said that adjusting photos and other imagery, even for aesthetic reasons, damages the credibility of the information distributed by the military to news organizations and the public.

“For us, there’s a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image,” said Santiago Lyon, the AP’s director of photography.

As Ace points out, How many photos have been doctored, staged and outright fabricated by the Associated Press - AP when it comes to smearing the U.S. and or the U.S. military ?

Little Green Footballs - Green Helmet Admits Staging Photos, AP Spins Furiously

Salam Daher, the Green Helmet Guy, admits pimping dead bodies for staged photos.

The AP’s bureau chief in Iran, Kathy Gannon, tries her best to spin the story. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.)

Fauxtography on Parade | NewsBusters.org

The fauxtography scandal is blowing out of control as proof after proof rolls in how much of the self-described photojournalism coming out of Lebanon is illegitimate.

Little Green Footballs Fauxtography reference guide!

And just for giggles here is an AP photoshop / fauxtography masterpiece, PGA style!

Exclusive: Top 30 Newspaper Sites for October

NYTimes.com — 20,348,000 — 16%
washingtonpost.com — 12,375,000 — 43%
USATODAY.com — 11,381,000 — 20%
LA Times — 9,644,000 — 66%
Wall Street Journal Online — 8,910,000 — 52%

Boston.com — 6,133,000 — 11%
New York Post — 5,000,000 — 32%
Chicago Tribune — 4,955,000 — 36%
Daily News Online Edition — 4,671,000 — 33%
SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle — 4,634,000 — 28%

Politico — 4,565,000 — 178%
Chicago Sun-Times — 3,982,000 — 55%
DallasNews.com - The Dallas Morning News — 3,070,000 — 50%
Newsday — 2,948,000 — 14%
The Houston Chronicle — 2,937,000 — 4%

International Herald Tribune — 2,570,000 — 35%
KansasCity.com — 2,539,000 — 100%
Village Voice Media — 2,526,000 — 6%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — 2,654,000 — 2%
Star Tribune — 2,489,000 — 59%

tampabay.com — 2,352,000 — 61%
Azcentral.com — 2,336,000 — 10%
Orlando Sentinel — 2,295,000 — 148%
Seattle Post-Intelligencer — 2,222,000 — 5%
MercuryNews.com — 2,167,000 — 19%

NJ.com — 2,100,000 — (-2%)
The Washington Times — 2,041,000 — 40%
Boston Herald — 1,971,000 — 167%
Baltimore Sun — 1,960,000 — 48%
The Seattle Times — 1,833,000 — (-7%)

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GE parent company of the good ship Olbermann finds itself on the receiving end of 139 BILLION dollars?
An early thank you for the All Obama…All the Time channel?

And it goes without saying Chris Matthews is one arrogant smug bastard.

F.D.I.C. to Back Billion in GE Capital Debt - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds — DealBook - New York Times

General Electric said Wednesday that the federal government had agreed to insure as much as $139 billion in debt for its lending subsidiary, GE Capital. This is the second time in a month that G.E. has turned to a federal program aimed at helping companies during the global credit crisis.

GE Capital is not a bank, but granting it access to a new program from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may reassure investors and help the lender compete with banks that already have government-protected debt, a G.E. spokesman, Russell Wilkerson, told Bloomberg News.

Pinkerton: MSNBC Backs Obama, Gets $139 Billion Gov Guarantee | NewsBusters.org

Is MSNBC being rewarded for having backed Obama? That’s what Jim Pinkerton suggests. On this evening’s Fox News Watch, the columnist and New America Foundation fellow cited the news that GE Capital, a subsidiary of MSNBC’s parent company GE, has received a $139 billion government loan guarantee.

I have no problem with Oprah Winfrey going all out and in for Barack Obama but having Tina Fey on her show without even extending an invitation to Governor Sarah Palin shows how little Oprah Winfrey really cares about women in power when they don’t subscribe to the same political ideals.

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Appearing via satellite on today’s “The Oprah Winfrey” show, comedian actress Tina Fey said she’s “packing up her wig” and retiring her portrayal of Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

“I’m going to retire. … I am really happy I did it,” Fey said. “It was this wonderful chance to go home again and be with my friends at ‘Saturday Night Live.’”

Fey, who crossed paths with Palin when she appeared on the show last month, said Palin was a good sport about the impersonation.

Fey appeared today on Winfrey’s show — the same day the talk show host will make her debut on the popular NBC hit “30 Rock,” which stars Fey.

Oprah says Palin can call her after the election?

She says she isn’t opposed to having Palin on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ in the future, though.

“If she wants to talk to me after tomorrow I will be happy to talk to her.”

Winfrey says it’s been “hard to keep my mouth shut on the show,” where politics is concerned, but adds, “I’m unleashed tomorrow.”

For now, Oprah, who voted last week in Chicago, says her eye is on the prize for the Illinois State Senator to take the Presidency and she has a dress ready for his inauguration.

Obama video delayed; Oprah to debut

A new will.i.am video celebrating Barack Obama’s win has been delayed, and now will be debuted on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Friday.

The Black Eyed Peas leader had said “It’s A New Day” would debut on dipdive.com Wednesday, the day after Obama was elected. Will.i.am’s publicist now says the Chicago-based show will debut the clip, with other celebrities on hand.

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It’s only fitting that Barack Obama’s media-oric rise be capped off with a half an hour infomercial.

Tonight and tonight Only! Ron Popeil and Billy Mays must be proud.

Obama takes his case to country with infomercial - USATODAY.com

Barack Obama, hoping to build momentum heading into the Nov. 4 elections, is mounting a full-court press on television Wednesday including an interview with a prominent network anchor, a taped appearance on a comedy show and a 30-minute infomercial across most networks.

His high-profile campaigning in Florida will also include his first joint appearance on the stump with former President Bill Clinton that will likely draw national news coverage.

Barack Obama Infomercial to Air Tonight on 7 Networks, 8 PM (Video)

The Barack Obama infomercial (doesn’t it sound like he should be trying to sell a diet program or something?) will air tonight on 7 different networks. The half hour Barack Obama infomercial airs at 8 p.m. on CBS, NBC, Fox, MSNBC, BET, TVOne and Univision.

Obama Infomercial, a Closing Argument to the Everyman - NYTimes.com

The trailer is heavy in strings, flags, presidential imagery and some Americana filmed by Davis Guggenheim, whose father was the campaign documentarian of Robert F. Kennedy. As the screen flashes scenes of suburban lawns, a freight train and Mr. Obama seated at a kitchen table with a group of white, apparently working-class voters

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Iran YES !  WFTV NO!

Funny how Barack Obama would be more than happy to speak and negotiate with Ahmadinejad but is now afraid to speak with Barbara West and WFTV.

Obama stands ground on meeting with Ahmadinejad

Sen. Barack Obama stood his ground Monday on his controversial remarks earlier this year that he would meet with Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“We should never negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate,” Obama said, quoting John F. Kennedy.

“Meeting with somebody is not tantamount to agreeing with them,” he later added when taking questions from reporters after announcing an endorsement by the New York City Correctional Officers Benevolent Association in Manhattan.

And how does camp Obama respond when asked some basic questions in an interview?

Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden

“This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election,” wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.

Yes this is what we would be dealing with if we have an Obama Biden White House.

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WFTV-Channel 9’s Barbara West asks Obama’s vice president pick Joe Biden some simple questions, Biden resorts to insults followed by Obama camp canceling interview and cutting off WFTV FOREVER!

WFTV Biden interview

Orlando Sentinel - Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden by Hal Boedeker

WFTV-Channel 9’s Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday. A friend says it’s some of the best entertainment he’s seen recently. What do you think?

West wondered about Sen. Barack Obama’s comment, to Joe the Plumber, about spreading the wealth. She quoted Karl Marx and asked how Obama isn’t being a Marxist with the “spreading the wealth” comment.

“Are you joking?” said Biden, who is Obama’s running mate. “No,” West said.

West later asked Biden about his comments that Obama could be tested early on as president. She wondered if the Delaware senator was saying America’s days as the world’s leading power were over.

“I don’t know who’s writing your questions,” Biden shot back.

Biden so disliked West’s line of questioning that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate’s wife.

Joe Biden Angered by Tough Questions | NewsBusters.org

So now the Obama campaign is upset over tough questions that are routinely asked of Republican candidates.

Amy Proctor - Obama Camp Questions Reporter’s Professionalism for Asking Biden Good Questions and Refuses More Interviews

and of course the leftwing is foaming at the keyboard

Biden Slammed During Florida Interview, Same Anchor Gives McCain Softballs

Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden gave it to Florida WFTV anchor Barbara West Thursday when she asked him a slew of questions straight out of John McCain’s talking points.

West began the interview by asking whether Biden was “embarrassed” by Barack Obama’s association with ACORN. Biden refuted the false association between ACORN and Obama and rightly mentioned John McCain’s speech during a rally sponsored by ACORN in 2006. Watch the interview below:

If you don’t think West was laying a trap for Biden with rhetorical questions that are central to John McCain and Sarah Palin’s speeches, then watch her treatment of John McCain in an interview on October 14th.

Biden asked her if his interview was a “joke” and wondered aloud who was writing her questions. Conservative writers, like Michelle Malkin, are trying to use Biden’s negative reaction to biased questions as proof that he’s even more erratic than John McCain.

Here is what America can expect if Obama and Biden are elected:

Obama Campaign Cuts Off Interviews With Florida TV Station - FOXNews.com Elections

The Obama camp then killed a WFTV interview with Biden’s wife Jill, according to an Orlando Sentinel blog.

“This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election,” wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign, according to the Sentinel.

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NBC scours the web in order to remove all traces of the Saturday Night Live bailout skit ripping the Democrats for their part in the mortgage and financial meltdown.

Why Did NBC Censor SNL on the Web? - Mashable

It seems that NBC might have a double standard, though, when it comes to where their viral video hits come from. A number of mostly right-wing political pundits are noting this evening that Hulu, NBC, and YouTube have all pulled what was an incredibly hilarious video lampooning the bailout bill announcement from CSPAN.

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What makes things look even worse for NBC in this case is that they’re not only going about the business of removing the clip wherever it showed up, but they’re also removing any comments that inquire as to what happened to the clip and why it was removed.

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CNN embarrasses itself (not that it cares) by bending over backwards and outright lying in order to defend Barack Obama and his assertion that he would meet unconditionally with Iran’s leader Ahmadinejad.

Sarah Palin said in last nights debate that Barack Obama “would be willing to meet with” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “without preconditions.

CNN goes to work covering and lying for Obama:

Obama addressed the issue in a July 23, 2007, Democratic debate, when candidates were asked if they would be “willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?”"I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous,” Obama answered.

Verdict: Misleading. While Obama has said he wouldn’t rule out meeting with any foreign leader, he never specifically said he’d meet with the Iranian president.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Fact Check: Is Obama willing to meet with Iran’s Ahmadinejad

Transcript of debate where Obama said he would meet with the leaders of Iran without preconditions that was HOSTED BY CNN!

QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has lasted ever since.

In the spirit of that type of bold leadership, would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?

COOPER: I should also point out that Stephen is in the crowd tonight.

Senator Obama?

OBAMA: I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous.

Last time I checked and at the time of the democratic debate the Iranian President Ahmadinejad was a LEADER in Iran!

Let’s go to the video tape!

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Debacle of Democrats Dodd & Frank on Fannie  Freddie Failure.

As Hot Air points out the silence of the Main Stream Media regarding the involvement of Democrats Barney Frank and Chris Dodd in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failures has been deafening but expected.

Hot Air - Where was Dodd during the Fannie Mae collapse?

At least one media outlet wonders where Chris Dodd went while Fannie Mae went belly-up on its binge of bad mortgage paper. Unfortunately, that curiosity is limited to Fox News Channel, which almost guarantees that other mainstream media outlets won’t cover it.

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