Spot the Difference: Egyptian newspaper doctors Obama photo to sho (9 Viewers)

[ReBeL]

Can you spot the difference between these photos of world leaders at the Middle East peace talks? That's right! One was photoshopped by Egypt's state-run newspaper to put Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in front of the group instead of behind.

The photo was edited by Al-Ahram and run atop an article called "The Way to Sharm el-Sheikh." Opposition groups have criticized the manipulation, which was quickly replaced online with a photo of "the assembled leaders seated on chairs in the Red Sea resort."

But we don't really blame them Al-Ahram. In the undoctored Getty photo (bottom), Mubarak is sort of trailing behind and to the left the big group of Middle East power players. But in the changed photo (top), he's right there in front, leading Obama and the rest of the gang to peace and prosperity. Sure, he looks like a smirking, off-balance drunk. But he looks like a drunk who's in charge.

http://gawker.com/5639489/spot-the-difference-doctored-egyptian-news-photo-edition

Here are the news on BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11313738

and on the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...ma-photo-Mubarak-front.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Here is the original pic:

And the fake one made by the newspaper:

 

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[Martin]

lalz

 

[RAMI-N]

That's just.... hmmm

 

[blondu]

well in a daily newspaper we photoshoped a hat on ceausescu's head because he shaked hands with chirache/mitterand (donno who was president in france in that perioud) and his head wasn't covered like the frenchie. So it was an offense to show the president in that manner to the world...

 

[ReBeL]

In Jordan, the official news agency used to cover the arms of the queen using photoshop as it is not usual to keep her arms public for everybody in the country.

 

[blondu]

strange things...just to keep that perfect image on the leader.

 

[JCK]

 

[ReBeL]

The latest analysis for the reason for that Photoshop is that he wanted to appear closer to the Arab presidents and to deny that he was the closest one to Netanyahu.

 

[ReBeL]

I loved a comment by an Egyptian guy saying that there are really two pics. The first one when they were going to the negotiations hall while the second one was on their way to the launch.

 

[Yamen]

 

[RAMI-N]

I loved a comment by an Egyptian guy saying that there are really two pics. The first one when they were going to the negotiations hall while the second one was on their way to the launch.

 

[blondu]

what a smart ass

 

[Naggar]

Obviously photoshopped and here everyone is making fun of Ahram, the government's paper of very obvious lies..

just to say that Mubarak is LEADING the peace talks, very pathetic try

 

[ReBeL]

The Egyptian newspaper tried to deny that it altered the pic as it deleted the pic from its website. Later, Associated Press put this pic to confirm that the pic was indeed posted in Al-Ahram. Finally, they had nothing to do but defending its decision to publish the altered photo, saying it was meant to illustrate Hosni Mubarak's key role.

 

[ReBeL]

 

[Naggar]

You'll never find better sense of humor than ours

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

that shit is funny

 

[Fred]

 

[ReBeL]

That is very nice, Naggar

 

[Naggar]