# Fake-looking AP Photo on CNN

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109 "2005-02-21T03:47:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109/1 "2005-02-21T03:47:14Z")

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Look at this picture:

[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/20/bush.europe/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/20/bush.europe/index.html)

Why does it look so fake?

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109/2 "2005-02-21T03:51:38Z")

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Looks like it was taken with a flash. That would highlight the foreground like that.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109/3 "2005-02-21T03:52:05Z")

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Under discussion [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303449).

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**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-looking-ap-photo-on-cnn/291109/4 "2005-02-21T03:54:36Z")

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> [@Ringo](#):
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> Under discussion [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303449).

Oops, my bad.