China Eats Crow Over Faked Photo Of Rare Antelope
Earlier this week, Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, issued an unusual public apology for publishing a doctored photograph of Tibetan wildlife frolicking near a high-speed train.The deception—uncovered by Chinese Internet users who sniffed out a Photoshop scam in the award-winning picture—has brought on a big debate about media ethics, China’s troubled relationship with Tibet, and how pregnant antelope react to noise.
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Aceface
February 27, 2008
8:11 am
http://zonaeuropa.com/20071019_1.htm
sun bin
February 27, 2008
10:21 am
see this. a couple weeks ago.
the reporter was fired right away (perhaps learning from the tiger fisaco in the above comment).
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however, it may have stirred controversy in antelope, etc. but what it has not stirred up in China is "trouble with tibet" -- such impression is entirely something in that reporter's mind :)