Why did they not use photoshop for a "photo op" over NYC?

[JoshLowry]

Take this picture:



Edit it into this picture:



And you get this picture:



Did the government do this to distract everyone? What from? Swine flu, torture, something else?

This "photo op" could have easily been done with a lot less panic and fear.

I think there was a reason behind it.

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[Sandra]

Diversion, distraction,..... or make Obama look worse?

[phill4paul]

Originally Posted by JoshLowry

Take this picture:



Edit it into this picture:



And you get this picture:



Did the government do this to distract everyone? What from? Swine flu, torture, something else?

This "photo op" could have easily been done with a lot less panic and fear.

I think there was a reason behind it.




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Yes, yes and yes.

[roxic27]

LOL this is exactly what my mom and I were talking about on the phone earlier!!!!!!!! she begged me to make that pic... thanks for doing it... mind if i share it with her? and is it okay to repost since you have the LF (TM) on it?

[JoshLowry]

Repost away, once it's on the net, it's fair game imo.

[Ninja Homer]

Originally Posted by JoshLowry

This "photo op" could have easily been done with a lot less panic and fear.

I think there was a reason behind it.

I agree... either they were testing something or they were doing something.

[zach]

When you have technology to do something, and you do it the hard way, usually there's a reason.

[satchelmcqueen]

yeah, i dont buy their story either. you did that pic in what 5 minutes and a few cents?

[slacker921]

More than likely they shot video and the person who ordered it was too stupid to know that you can "photoshop" video as well. That would be perfectly inline with the ineptness that exists in government.

Or... I can put on my tinfoil hat and say.. maybe it's the same Air Force One that they used in Mexico and they needed to dump the waste tanks since somebody got sick during the return flight from Mexico and they were afraid of dumping the infected stuff over Washington. heh.

[silverhawks]

No-one can be THAT inept. So let's take a look at the tinfoil explanation.

Obviously they did it because they needed a REAL reaction, as you do with most psy-ops.

The main reaction was to cause panic in New York, possibly to build on the fear of the swine flu outbreak there. Swine flu is the big media story at the moment, which has made people forget about torture memos and government corruption.

The only other wider reaction they could have expected would be to cause outrage nationwide at such a crass and irresponsible move.

Air Force One buzzing Ground Zero? Not going to impress anyone, especially when the cost of the flight went public.

That would create a media event to draw people's attention away from something else, and have both "sides" of the media and the House arguing away on national TV. Also to subconsciously drag people Bush-style back to the memory of a large scale terrorist attack.

And nice Photoshop work, phill4paul

Edit: this was re-capitalisation of fear. Never waste a good crisis - and a crisis like 9/11 can keep on giving, even years later...first anger and rage, then terror of further attacks, and then after the dust settles a bit, you can re-awaken those fears with a similar event; especially when your city is playing host to a possible pandemic outbreak.