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Falschbilder
Scientology täuscht
die Öffentlichkeit mit gefälschten Fotos und Bildbeschreibungen
Zur Jahrtausendwende entdeckte
Arnie Lerma, dass Scientology mit gefälschten Fotos Menschenmengen
vortäuscht.
Inzwischen scheint das
gängige Methode zu sein. Weiter >>>
Nicht nur Fotos können
gefälscht sein. Es genügt auch, die Bildbeschreibung zu fälschen.
Dazu:
Scientology:
Katastrophenhilfe zu Werbezwecken
Dave Touretzky zeigt in
seiner Website Stop-Narconon.org
unter http://stop-narconon.org/AdvisoryBoard,
dass Scientology im Internet auch Gruppenbilder fälscht.
Zeltwerbung:
Falschbilder sollten Menschenmengen vortäuschen
| In der Zeitschrift "Impact" Nr. 102 - Titelbild rechts - aus dem Jahr 2002 wird in einem umfangreichen Artikel die Zeltwerbung vorgestellt. Sieht man sich die Menschenmenge vor den Zelten genau an, stellt man fest, dass sie aus lauter Einzelteilen zusammengesetzt ist. Besonders gut sieht man das in der obersten Reihe: Immer wieder dasselbe Kind, wohl auf den Schultern seine Vaters. Eine grössere Version des Bildes (240kb) durch Anklicken des Bildes. | |
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Arnie
Lerma zeigt es:
Scientology bietet der
Presse gefälschte Fotos an.
Eine riesige Halle, bis auf den letzten Platz gefüllt.Arnie Lermas Internet-Seite über die Scientology-Bildfälschungen:
Die Washington Post berichtete darüber, unten.
Auf die Fälschungen angesprochen, wiegelte Scientology ab:
Nur ein blöder Fehler, als man das Photo ins Netz gestellt hat.
Betont dann aber, der Saal sei rappelvoll gewesen. Klein leerer Platz.
Arnie Lerma widerspricht: Der blöde Fehler sei nur gewesen, daß mans gemerkt hat.
Die Sache habe viele Stunden Arbeit gemacht. Es wurden ja nicht nur Leute geklont.
Auch andere Köpfe aufgesetzt. Frisuren gerichtet.
In der gedruckten Washington Post ein Foto mit Scientology-Klonen, bei denen die Köpfe vergessen worden waren.
Später rief Scientologen-Chef Weiland an und gab ästethische Gründe für die Manipulation an. Die PR-Abteilung verbreitete derweil, auch Präsident Clinton habe gute Wünsche geschickt.
Um was geht es?
Scientology bietet der Presse Material
zur Veröffentlichung an.
Hier eine Auszug aus der Scientology-Seite
http://www.freedommag.org/english/press/
"freedommag" steht für das Magazin
"Freedom", in Deutschland als "Freiheit" verbreitet.
Press Release
More Than 14,000 Attend 3 Hour Multi-Media Event Videoed and Simultaneously Translated in 13 Languages |
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Das
gefälschte Bild im Internet
Über 14.000 nahmen angeblich an
der Scientology-Show zum Millenium teil:
"Hier klicken für presse-fertige
Photos".
Ich habe am 31.12.99 gegen 22 Uhr MEZ
geklickt. Es erschien die folgende Seite:
Klickt man ein Photo an, wird eine riesige
Datei mit einem riesigen Photo geladen.
Das dauert so etwa eine Stunde.
Arnie Lerma zeigt es etwas kleiner,
dann sieht es so aus:
Auf dem nächsten Ausschnitt zeigt Arnie Lerma, wie Scientology die Reihen mit kopierten Scientologen gefüllt hat:
Die Washington Post berichtete darüber:
THE RELIABLE SOURCE
By Lloyd Grove
With Beth Berselli
Tuesday, January 4, 2000; Page C03
Scientology's Funny Photos
The Church of Scientology insists that more than 14,000 of its faithful
packed
the Los Angeles Sports Arena for a millennial celebration of Scientology's
first
50 years and the "triumph of spirituality over materialism." To bolster
that
claim, the church's PR operation posted four panoramic color photographs
of
the Dec. 28 event--for use by the news media--on the Scientology Web site.
But then Arlington resident Arnaldo Lerma entered the picture, reports
The
Post's Richard Leiby.
The 49-year-old Lerma--an ex-Scientologist who has tangled repeatedly with
church officials since he quit 23 years ago, and today owns an audio-video
and computer business--immediately thought he spotted something fishy:
He
says the crowd scenes were doctored extensively. In one shot he found
repeated images of some attendees--apparently added to fill empty seats.
The
touch-up work left one doppelganger parishioner with no head. In another
shot,
a bald man who had been replicated magically grew hair.
On Friday, Lerma shared his discovery with the media and posted his findings
on an online Scientology discussion group, and on New Year's Day the
church removed two photos altogether and considerably cropped the
remaining two. Yesterday, when Leiby asked church spokeswoman Janet
Weiland for an explanation, she said there was no intent to inflate the
head
count. "That was just a goof when they put it up on the Web," she said.
"It
was later corrected." She maintained that the celebration was "absolutely
packed . . . there wasn't an empty seat."
Lerma--who left the church after what he describes as an unsanctioned
romantic involvement with one of church founder L. Ron Hubbard's
daughters--vehemently disagreed. "It wasn't a mistake--we think it took
many
hours of work," he said. "They didn't just clone people; they squished
their
heads and drew hair on them. It's only a goof because we noticed it." Later,
Scientology's Weiland phoned Leiby back to offer further explanation.
"Someone made an independent decision over the holidays to fill in a hole
around the camera crew for aesthetic reasons, and when we found out about
this, the photos were pulled," Weiland said. "That wasn't okay." (Lerma's
analysis of the offending photos, complete with helpful diagrams, can be
found
at www.lermanet.com)
Church PR operatives also said in a press release that President Clinton
was
"among those sending congratulations" on the church's "half-century of
spiritual leadership." That much is true. In a Dec. 22 letter of "warm
greetings," Clinton expressed gratitude to the Scientologists for "all
your
efforts to promote [religious freedom] and to build just communities united
in
understanding, compassion and mutual respect."
THIS JUST IN . . .
* Power crunch? Redskins President Stephen T. Baldacci smacked his 1996
Mercedes-Benz into Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt's 1999 Honda
Odyssey van last Thursday evening on the George Washington Memorial
Parkway, and now faces misdemeanor charges of fleeing the scene of an
accident and illegally crossing a median, reports The Post's Patricia Davis.
After the rush-hour collision, which caused no injuries, Baldacci drove
away
without exchanging information with Hiatt, according to the U.S. Park Police,
who traced Baldacci to his home in Potomac. Insurance adjusters estimated
Hiatt's damage at $2,200. "The police report sounds accurate," Hiatt said.
Baldacci--who must answer the charges Jan. 18 in U.S. District Court in
Alexandria--declined to comment.
* Welsh-born media mogul Howard Stringer, who used to run CBS News and
now is chairman of Sony Corp. of America, was kvelling yesterday (not a
Welsh expression) over his new knighthood, which was announced on New
Year's Eve by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "You don't have to call
me
'sir,' " Stringer instructed. "Call me whatever you want, which is what
you
always do anyway."
QUOTE:
"I saw how politically deft she was, and I was not completely seduced by
that.
. . . She always appears to be doing what's politically expedient in the
most
transparent way. That whole thing about the clemency with the Puerto Rican
terrorists and how she claimed that she hadn't spoken to him about it--that
was an example to me of just how you feel like there's prevaricating, there's
lying. You just don't trust them."
-- Annette Bening, wife of Warren Beatty, opining to Vanity Fair about
Senate
candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her spouse, President Clinton. No
comment from Hillaryland.
© Copyright 2000 The Washington Post Company
