CT2.0 » Photoshop fallacies http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu Archive of examples of reasoning for use in Critical Thinking classrooms Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:19:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 The Economist Visual Fallacy http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/03/28/the-economist-visual-fallacy/ http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/03/28/the-economist-visual-fallacy/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:34:52 +0000 admin http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/?p=3110

The Economist ran this photoshopped photo of Obama on its cover on June 19th, 2010.  Digitally removing coast guard admiral Thad Allen and local parish president Charlotte Randolph gives the…

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The Economist ran this photoshopped photo of Obama on its cover on June 19th, 2010.  Digitally removing coast guard admiral Thad Allen and local parish president Charlotte Randolph gives the impression of a depressed, worried president, instead of a tall man stooping slightly to hear a companion.

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