BRAD BLOG: CNN 'N. Korean' Nuke Site Found on U.S. GOV FUNDED 'News' Site!

[BradBlog]

CNN's 'North Korean' Nuke Plant Shows Up Again at U.S. GOV FUNDED 'News' Site!
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty used Photo of same Nuke Plant -- presumably from Iran -- in a N. Korea Story in Early 2004!
Filename for that photo is 'IRAQ-Nuclear.jpg'!

Following up on yesterday's report at:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001187.htm

...and with the help of a few eagle-eyed DU'ers from this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3107937&mesg_id=3107937

Yesterday we reported that CNN's website was using photo's of the same alleged nuclear facility in two different stories about two different nuclear programs in two different countries.

One CNN story, from last Wednesday, was on Iran's purported nuclear program, the other, from last Saturday, was on North Korea's purported nuclear program.

And now...another "news" outlet has been discovered who used another photograph of that same facility -- which is apparently in Iran -- in yet another story on North Korean nukes!

The newly discovered story is from March of 2004 and was found on the U.S. government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website!

What the hell is going on here?
Details and photos at:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001189.htm

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Brad Friedman
THE BRAD BLOG - The uprising continues...
http://www.BradBlog.com

[cthrumatrix]

1. our state run media is really goofing up lately

[firebee]

25. Yeah... I wrote several senators and reps in regards to this incident

[firebee]

26. Can anybody say... INTELLIGENCE FAILURE!!!

[clem_c_rock]

30. NO CAN ANYONE SAY OUTRIGHT LIE?

Are we really supposed to believe this fucking incompetance theories anymore.

Get a clue.

[firebee]

34. Well... Let's start with incompetence and work our way to treason

[Richard Steele]

40. Remember, they "create their own reality"...

This administration writes the 'news', and the media fleshes out the stories with stock footage/photos.

The average American is living in an almost-total DREAM-WORLD.

[Us vs Them]

2. Thanks for the link.

Half of me loves to hear about administration blunders - after all, it's only a matter of time before self-destruction.

...Of course, the other half of me is scared shitless hearing news like this.

[htuttle]

3. Same photo used 9 times on RFE/RL

I followed the advice of one of the comments on your blog, and here's where I found this same photo and the captions:

A suspected nuclear facility in Iran
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=11&y=2004&id=6DE851B9-27F9-424D-8A53-60A121EF80FB

Suspected WMD site in Iran
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=02&y=2005&id=A5423980-B287-4DB9-811E-9D84DDE5D06B

A suspected nuclear facility in Iran
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=11&y=2004&id=6DE851B9-27F9-424D-8A53-60A121EF80FB

Convincing enough?
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=04&y=2004&id=98FB643A-E1AF-4284-B771-5A5E6CA97C2C
(That was their actual caption. Getting cocky, I guess)

This one was missing the photo, but the search engine still brought it up (and there's no other occurance of 'nuclear' in the text). Here's the title:
Powell Says U.S. Intelligence On Iraq Mobile Labs Flawed
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=04&y=2004&id=539714E7-2ADE-4F14-85D2-4F8798C2A3F6

No caption, but the article is about North Korea
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=03&y=2004&id=C942BE0E-F698-4677-B73C-B1CBA3BC60E6

No caption, but the article is about WMD proliferation
World: Stopping Proliferation Requires Tough New Laws (Part 2)
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=02&y=2004&id=39FE515A-F154-4CCA-9143-599F834AED77

No caption, but the article is about Libya, Iran and AQ Khan's name is mentioned:

World: A Lively Nuclear Black Market Raises Fears Of Terrorists Getting The Bomb (Part 1)
http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=02&y=2004&id=A5C7F9A3-980E-41D7-BC90-C3183B8CBE2E

[Roland99]

10. Some of those links no longer have pictures in the articles.

[htuttle]

11. You're right. They've pulled it from two of them since last night

Looks like they are doing some 'clean up'. Winston Smith to the rescue...

[noamnety]

19. I took a screen grab from one of them.

It's still in the google cache, I'm sure they are working on that now.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:plknfu6kZCEJ:www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/04/98fb643a-e1af-4284-b771-5a5e6ca97c2c.html+%22Two+months+ago,+CIA+director+George+Tenet+%22&hl=en

If they wipe the cache and someone needs a screen shot, message me.

[sunnystarr]

31. Omg the caption under that picture says

"Convincing enough?"

I'm blown away. At first I really believed it was just a matter of a mix up. Then I even believed that the name of the jpg "iraq-nuclear" was just a typo. It wasn't until I saw this actual article about Iraq with the same pic as for Iran and N. Korea that I realized the enormity of it.

We also need to realize that members of Congress are buffalo'd the same way we are. Congress really needs to "get it."

Great catch to the sleuth's - in fact this is an enormous catch since it now definitely can't be bs'd away.

I hope enough people have ss of this pic linked to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.

[SpiralHawk]

4. A Major pattern of Proppagannonda is emerging

Their bullshit is everywhere. Your tax dollars at work pushing the Party Line of Big BushCo.

Doublethink. Doublespeak. Doubleplusungood.

[Mr_Spock]

13. Propagannon!! HAHAHA!!

This place smells like shit lately. Yeah, I mean the USA you flag waving dick-heads.

[fooj]

5. I wish people would START PAYING ATTENTION to this stuff...

I sware, I think I'm gonna scream if people don't start grabbing a clue...

[Goldeneye]

6. Well that is really something.

Nice sleuthing Earl G. and Bradblog.

[Skinner]

7. LOL.

We didn't notice that was the Radio Free Europe website. Good catch.

[BradBlog]

36. Yip!

...Thanks for catching the photo over there in the first place!

And now...the story gets curiouser and curiouser. Again.

New piece to the puzzle emerges at:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001192.htm

Hot off the presses!

Brad
The BRAD BLOG
http://www.BradBlog.com

[Al-CIAda]

8. Thanks B Blog, busted them AGAIN

...and yet the 'bloggers' are 'irresponsible'. They will begin attacking those who expose the PROPAGANDA and LIES.

[mike_c]

9. hey, any mobile biological weapons laboratories in those pics...?

I'll just bet there are....

[cap]

12. you know... a lot of pictures and videos look the same these days

I had thought everyone was using the same video/photo pool as a source... I didnt realize it could be the government, too.

[CindyDale]

14. So what *is* this a pic of exactly? LOL

[Kimber Scott]

15. We need our own t.v. station. FAST. nt

[paineinthearse]

17. Soros bought a chunk of CNN

In a thread yesterday, George Soros is reported to have bought a chunk of CNN stock (did not say how much). I've not seen any developments.

[Kimber Scott]

18. I saw that. I hope he goes for the TRUTH. Not just what's politically

expedient for anybody. Without the truth, we are doomed.

[tgnyc]

16. Wonder how much resemblance there is to

any year 2003 photos of alleged Iraqi nuclear weapons sites...

[noamnety]

21. They imply it IS in Iraq

In the "convincing enough" story. Iran isn't even mentioned in the article.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:plknfu6kZCEJ:www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/04/98fb643a-e1af-4284-b771-5a5e6ca97c2c.html+%22Two+months+ago,+CIA+director+George+Tenet+%22&hl=en

[Spazito]

20. Kick

:kick:

[Callboy]

22. shows you how little they think it takes to hoodwink us peeps

we are the simpletons. too much complacency in this country. wait till everyone starts going bankrupt. then you will see some peeps get eyes and ears.

[Toots]

23. It is a mobile site...just ask Powell

He is quite the expert on mobile WMD sites.

[rodeodance]

24. needs to be sent to the Memory Hole .com

[gottaB]

38. lol

[TheModernTerrorist]

27. my take on this...

this is my take on it, and I don't know if anybody else has said this yet, or if anybody else thinks this, but the picture they keep using isn't an actual picture of one or the other, or BOTH even, but used more as a piece of flair to their news article. It says "hey, this article is about nuke plants, like this one over here". Now whether or not they've been goofing and trying to use the same pic as proof of these nuke plants, I dunno. I'm still skeptical of these claims, but I doubt that these are the pictures they are using. All I'm saying is that CNN.com has a tendency to use and overuse the same images to put on their story. Whoever edits this crap must've said "hey, this is a pretty damn good pic of a nuke plant, let's use it HERE, since this article TALKS about nuke plants".

at least this is MY take on it. I wouldn't blow any of this out of proportion, despite my criticism over their claims.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

29. A generic photo clip would have been a lazy but workable excuse

Except CNN issued a correction.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3107937&mesg_id=3110827&page=

[noamnety]

32. Um, sure

I know if I were writing a story about nukes in Iraq, knowing it was a hot topic of contention, my first thought would be to grab a generic stock photo from another country and label it "convincing enough?"

[firebee]

35. Regardless, this kind of incompetence starts ILLEGAL WARS!!!

[BradBlog]

37. Only problem with that take...

...Is that CNN originally captioned the photo as:
"An aerial photo of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant outside of Pyongyang"

So to accept your particular take on this, we'd also have to accept that they knew they were giving disinformation to their readers then by including the photo as "flair" to add to spice up the story.

Seems a fairly foolish game for a "news" site to play just for "flair"!

Brad
The BRAD BLOG
http://www.BradBlog.com

[LeftHander]

28. kick

Amazing...proof of how propaganda is manfactured...

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