Comments on: The recent youtube video showing an eagle swooping down to grab a toddler was faked. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-recent-youtube-video-showing-an-eagle-swooping-down-to-grab-a-toddler-was-faked/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Patrick Ritchie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-recent-youtube-video-showing-an-eagle-swooping-down-to-grab-a-toddler-was-faked/#comment-76144 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:22:56 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21161#comment-76144 In reply to Chris Kirkendall.

I would be surprised if forged images and videos lead to a significant number of convictions. It is very, very hard to create a forgery that would hold up to the thorough analysis it would receive in court.

It’s the causal, non-thorough analysis that worries me most.

]]> By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-recent-youtube-video-showing-an-eagle-swooping-down-to-grab-a-toddler-was-faked/#comment-75973 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:48:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21161#comment-75973 I’ve been feeling for some time now that we are entering an age when it will become increasingly difficult to determine what’s real & what’s fake. Someone could be completely set up & framed for a crime using video or photos. At this time, it’s still possible to ferret out the truth, but I wonder for how much longer??

]]> By: Patrick Ritchie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-recent-youtube-video-showing-an-eagle-swooping-down-to-grab-a-toddler-was-faked/#comment-75925 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:18:31 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21161#comment-75925 You don’t have to be much more than mildly skeptical to discover the more extreme fakes. A simple Google search will usually reveal the forgery.

Snopes is a good source for identifying these:

http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.asp

And I’m sure there are many more that I’m not familiar with.

IMHO the more insidious image manipulation bend the truth instead of breaking it:

The super model that is just too perfect
Facial expressions changed
etc…

These kinds of changes are par for the course on many billboards, magazines & newspapers. Although less spectacular than the eagle posted above they are pervasive and distort our perceptions.

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