CT scan of eye socket ALTERED to mislead people into believing it was image of officer Darren Wilson

[kpete]

Exposing Gateway Pundit’s Dishonesty: He Altered a CT Scan Image to Trick His Readers
Scheming fraudster is busted
By Charles Johnson

Here’s another follow-up to my article about Jim Hoft’s dishonest tactics in promoting his bogus claim that officer Darren Wilson suffered a fractured eye socket in a purported struggle with teenager Michael Brown.

As I pointed out in the earlier piece, Hoft posted a stock image of a CT scan of a fractured eye socket, but apparently erased the words “UNIV OF IOWA” from his copy of the image.

Well, thanks to LGF readers @franklinftw and @loveheylola, I can now remove the word “apparently” from that description, because we have proof that Hoft (or someone who works with him) did indeed alter that CT scan, almost certainly to mislead people into believing it was an image of officer Darren Wilson. (And he was successful in fooling many right wingers, including Ann Coulter.)

A cached version of Hoft’s page at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine captured at 18:08:39 (UTC) on August 19th shows that when Hoft first posted the image, it did contain the words “UNIV OF IOWA.” Here’s a screenshot of the Internet Archive’s cached version:



Zooming in on the CT scan, we see the words “UNIV OF IOWA” at bottom right:



But an hour later, at 19:19:19 on August 19th … hey! What happened to the “UNIV OF IOWA?”

That’s right, folks — in that hour between the first capture and the second, Hoft crudely blacked out the words “UNIV OF IOWA” and reposted the image, in a pathetically obvious attempt to hide the true source of the CT scan.

A closeup view of the altered version



and more here:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43759_Exposing_Gateway_Pundits_Dishonesty-_He_Altered_a_CT_Scan_Image_to_Trick_His_Readers#rss-sm

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. How many times will right-wing folks get provably lied to ...

by their media outlet of choice before they stop believing that media outlet of choice.

[daleanime]

7. Forever...

as long as it's what they want to hear.

[blogslut]

2. The Stupidest Man on the Internet

#paythefuckup

[cui bono]

3. Isn't little green footballs also a right wing site? Or am I confusing it with another site? n/t

[pinboy3niner]

4. It was once, until the owner had a political catharsis and converted

iirc, the wiki page on LGF has some info about that.

[cui bono]

10. Well, that's good he saw the light. Thanks. n/t

[tblue37]

5. It was, but the guy that owns it finally got so fed up with the

RW Republicans' extreme f-wittery that he broke up with them:

"Why I Parted Ways with the Right"

by Charles Johnson

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35243_Why_I_Parted_Ways_With_The_Right

[cui bono]

11. Good for him! Thanks. n/t

[Ms. Toad]

6. When I read the article, it was clearly captioned a file image.

I just went back to check - it still is captioned &quot file image)"

Using a file image which has personally identifying information blocked out is no more misleading than posting it on the little green footballs site without the &quot file image)" which appears immediately below - and in larger type - than the word CT image (which is part of the image). Here is how it appears in the original article:

Local St. Louis sources said Wilson suffered an “orbital blowout fracture to the eye socket.” This comes from a source within the Prosecuting Attorney’s office and confirmed by the St. Louis County Police.


(File Image)

A blowout fracture is a fracture of one or more of the bones surrounding the eye and is commonly referred to as an orbital floor fracture. (AAPOS)

[No Vested Interest]

8. Aren't there photos of Darren Wilson hanging aound Michael Brown' body in the street

for a time after Wilson killed him?
I don't know how long he remained on the scene, but somebody knows, maybe even some who post here.

Those photos need to be examined closely.
Examine Wilson's eyes in those photos.
Examine Wilson's facefor swollen features.

Let us know what you find.

[pnwmom]

9. Swelling is often slow to develop after an injury, peaking after a day or two.

So pictures in the next few hours might not be that useful, unfortunately.