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July 10, 2008

Advantage: Charles Johnson

First Dan Rather, Now Iran.

Nicely done, Charles.

Update: You Dishonest Hacks

Early this morning, I left a comment at the Lede noting that Charles was not only the person who exposed this fraud, but Dan Rather's faked TANG documents as well.

Nine hours later, the comment has yet to clear moderation. Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty apparently don't feel like sharing their stolen credit with the person who actually exposed this fraud.

Posted by Confederate Yankee at July 10, 2008 09:27 AM
Comments

Charles Johnson hasnīt exposed the fake missile launch it happened @http://www.militaryphotos.net/

Read this thread it was a guy called bionic
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=137475&page=4

Charles Jhonson has no credit for the story all credit goes to the guys @http://www.militaryphotos.net

Posted by: Me at July 10, 2008 11:16 PM

Did bionic pick up on the photo shop or simply 'find' the original photo's provided by Iran?

Posted by: Scrapiron at July 10, 2008 11:55 PM

Do you really expect any of the MSM players to acknowledge new media -- whomever within that was first -- in any significant fashion? Esp. if it was the person who made so many look so foolish in regards Rathergate?

Posted by: Laughing Wolf at July 11, 2008 07:34 AM
Read this thread it was a guy called bionic

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Charles Jhonson has no credit for the story all credit goes to the guys @http://www.militaryphotos.net

That says it was posted 1 day ago which would be Thursday. Charles broke this on Wednesday. You are mistaken.

Posted by: Pablo at July 11, 2008 11:04 AM

Read again now it shows timestamp
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3376939&postcount=56

Also Charles changed his Blog but without further mention it and linked back to bionics post.
Read here
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30597_Irans_Photoshopped_Missile_Launch

Posted by: Me at July 11, 2008 08:57 PM

NPR did mention LGF in its story on the pictures, and even omitted the usual "right-wing" sobriquet in referencing it. BUT, after acknowledging LGF had it first, virtually the entire story was about how the NYT responded to the fakes, including a breathless description of a photo-editor rushing into the publisher's office waving the photo and saying it was a fake.

These folks love to fawn over each other so much, they don't let simple facts get in the way.

Posted by: sherlock at July 12, 2008 09:06 AM