Novi SadGetty photographer throwing his camera to another photographer while being tackled at Minneapolis's Whipple Building in Minnesota USA to prevent confiscation.
floquantFuck that’s a great pic.
We all love to shit on journalists because most of the time they deserve it, but some of them are honestly doing heroic work and are fundamental in times like these.
And it’s also a great case for why photographers have not been made obsolete by AI, but quite literally the opposite.
Bobby TurkalinoPhotographers and journalists are two separate groups though. Photographers are the admirable ones for collecting facts and putting themselves in actual danger.
Journalists, however, oftentimes take these facts and spin them for ad revenue, political gain, or their own career advancement
oftentimes take these facts and spin them for ad revenue, political gain, or their own career advancement
That’s not a journalist, that’s a propagandist
All journalists are propagandists due to the nature of journalism. The decision on what facts to emphasize determines the narrative a journalist is promoting.
Last time the US president surprised the press by invading a country without warning, Panama, the first question asked was “were any US soldiers injured”. This doesn’t require any lies, but it did more to influence the way Americans thought about the surprise war than any lie they could have promoted.