“The pictures show how fakery- or, really, the mere possibility of fakery, the ever-present suspicion of digitally abetted fraud- will weaken all images and sounds supporting stories that many would prefer not to know” (80).
Manjoo makes a good point here when highlighting his overall theme of the story concerning the controversial Iraqi children/US marine picture. If this picture had stood alone in the media without fakes to diminish its validity, there would have been seriously consequences to the U.S. – Iraqi relationship. But because the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was able to intervene with the situation before it blew up, the severity of the images were weakened. This shows me that the selective perspective Manjoo describes applies in this case. The public expects the government to tell the whole truth, so when the service raised skeptics the tensions are rested.
On the other hand for some people that post controversial pictures that don’t have a government body supporting them, like Anthony Weiner per say. When he claimed his nude picture was fake, it was only a matter of time until pressure breached that lie. A blatant lie to the public can only withstand so much time before the truth is uncovered. The same could apply for me, or anyone that doesn’t have an affiliation with a bigger body (aka the government).
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