10.31.2004
Bush Camp Pulls Altered TV Ad (LATimes.com)
By Nick Anderson, Times Staff Writer
Published: 29 October 2004
WASHINGTON — The Bush campaign yanked one of its closing television advertisements Thursday after critics noticed that it contained a doctored photograph, with images of the same uniformed soldiers sprinkled repeatedly into a crowd to enhance the backdrop of a presidential speech.
A Bush campaign spokesman acknowledged the editing of an image in the 60-second Bush ad titled "Whatever It Takes." (emphasis added)
The ad, launched Wednesday on national cable channels and posted on the Bush campaign website, shows an excerpt of President Bush's speech at the Republican National Convention.
In it, Bush expresses admiration for sacrifices made by military personnel and their families and promises to protect the nation.
In the 45th second, the ad shifts to an image of a sea of camouflage-clad military personnel who are apparently listening to the president speak at another rally.
As the image comes into focus over the course of about four seconds, a handful of faces of troops can be seen replicated in the crowd.
The visual duplication was pointed out by the left-leaning Web log http://www.dailykos.com/.
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Published: 29 October 2004
WASHINGTON — The Bush campaign yanked one of its closing television advertisements Thursday after critics noticed that it contained a doctored photograph, with images of the same uniformed soldiers sprinkled repeatedly into a crowd to enhance the backdrop of a presidential speech.
A Bush campaign spokesman acknowledged the editing of an image in the 60-second Bush ad titled "Whatever It Takes." (emphasis added)
The ad, launched Wednesday on national cable channels and posted on the Bush campaign website, shows an excerpt of President Bush's speech at the Republican National Convention.
In it, Bush expresses admiration for sacrifices made by military personnel and their families and promises to protect the nation.
In the 45th second, the ad shifts to an image of a sea of camouflage-clad military personnel who are apparently listening to the president speak at another rally.
As the image comes into focus over the course of about four seconds, a handful of faces of troops can be seen replicated in the crowd.
The visual duplication was pointed out by the left-leaning Web log http://www.dailykos.com/.
(More ... Bush Camp Pulls Altered TV Ad) ¶ 18:33
