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I saw this in the newspaper yesterday, about how they found this 3 Mexican fishermen drifting aimlessly in the Pacific Ocean after being lost for 9 months! Of course, their families have presumed them dead. But yesterday’s news was sketchy and didn’t really reported how they survived.

So I checked on Reuters today and found the updated news. It seems that they ate raw birds, seagulls and fish. Luckily they didn’t eat their rescuers cuz you know lah, drifting alone with those waves might give you hallucinations.

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Because of the easiness of doing photo-alteration using computer software (most popular would be Photoshop), mainstream media editors are now not only pressured to check for correct news facts but also to make sure the photos aren’t doctored, which is harder to do.

During the recent Israel bombing of Lebanon, a freelance photographer doctored an image he sold to Reuters by “cloning” the black smoke to add more drama. His deceit came to light because of his bad photoshop skills. Have a look at the smoke below.

Do you notice the patterns? Yeah that’s some clumsy cloning-tool at work. Here is the original image.

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