Comments on: Castro Photo Fake!!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:47:36 +0000

Leslie, when I right-clicked and saved the picture to my desktop, it was automatically named “ADDITION_CUBA_CASTRO.sff_NY110_20060813062244″, the presence of the dot preventing my computer from correctly identifying the format of the file.

I gave the file a new name ending in “.jpg” and I was able to open it with no trouble.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:23:27 +0000

CJ,
Good work! Who knows if he’s really alive or not with all the trickery they do?!

By: Leslie Wetzel

Leslie Wetzel — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:29:20 +0000

I saved the pic and tried to open it with Photoshop, and got an error message that it was not the “right kind of document” Help, anyone?

By: Leslie Wetzel

Leslie Wetzel — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:23:07 +0000

Wow, I am ready to get better at Photoshop. I just got it recently, and am still getting used to the world of digital photography coming from the old film world.
I learn a lot from folks like you. I appreciate it.
We have to remain vigilant.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:09:01 +0000

Well, I must say the paper does look fake. But, stating that a jpeg is fake because you zoomed in 400%, onto a 30kb, optimized for the web, jpeg, is totally misleading. All jpegs get pixelated around edges when you optimize them. These are called Jpeg artifacts. I guess all the stripes on his jacket are fake. The edges look very pixelated.

By: Thomas Herford

Thomas Herford — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:15:52 +0000

This isn’t a proof copy of the front page.

Check the photos posted at Cigar Envy showing that these Castro photos are fakes — the size of the headline in the supposed newspaper proof has been digitally reduced to fit on the newspaper page, but the masthead, photo and everything else fits an overlay of the real Granma.

It’s a complete fake.

I have a hunch what looks like a staple in the upper corner is actually some block of text poorly erased from whatever real newspaper Castro was holding up in the original photo.

By: Bob the Liberal

Bob the Liberal — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:49:42 +0000

My Gods, its such an obvious fake. The newspaper is so bright, it just screams “We did a bad chop job on this one!”

By: hdw

hdw — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:57:57 +0000

As Pete pointed out, the actual paper is wrong. Newsprint isn’t that bright and doesn’t allow for that much contrast. The paper should be slightly duller colored, and the ink more gray.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:16:22 +0000

Sounds like they could use some help from Dan Rather and Reuters. I seem to remember exactly the same picture except Fidel was holding a Cigar in his left hand and a wine glass in his right.

By: conductor

conductor — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:36:25 +0000

You can see a staple in the upper left hand corner of the page. This is obviously not a newspaper (the masthead of Granma is Red and I believe Castro’s picture appeared in color on the actual paper). So this is supposed to be a proof of the front page. Very weird.