Fraudulent photography. News images that have been faked by various means, generally to promote an ideological agenda or to manipulate the emotions of the viewer. (Derived from a combination of the
French term faux meaning “false,” and “-tography,” the second half of the word “photography.”)
The word was first used to describe the doctoring of photographs by Reuters photographer
Adnan Hajj during the Lebanon War of
2006, and has since been generalized to
mean any dishonest or faked news photo.
Methods for creating “fauxtographs” include: using
Photoshop (or similar software) to digitally alter the photo; photographing staged scenes or simulated news events and presenting them as real; interfering with or manipulating photo subjects to creat a “more effective” picture; adding inaccurate and/or misleading captions.
"Since (in their world view) the ends justify the means,
terrorist leaders, and their willing accomplices in the moonstream media, have employed fauxtography to deceive tens of millions of
illiterate Muslims into believing faked atrocities. Many educated Muslims have been duped as
well."
