{"id":1643,"date":"2013-09-12T15:13:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2013-09-12T15:13:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:13:23","slug":"getting-a-wider-view-of-events-very-educational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"Getting a wider view of events &#8211; very educational!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s world of photoshopped news and edited sound bites, it is hard to establish the truth in a single glance. The ubiquity of smartphones and video cameras offers us a chance to take a wider view of almost every event of importance from a SWAT team activity to a &#8220;spontaneous&#8221; demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>The Million Muslim March was heralded by articles such as this one:\u00a0\u00a0 The American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC) is making its &#8220;Million Muslim March&#8221; on September 11th in Washington, DC an annual event &#8211; complete with conference and think-tank.<\/p>\n<p>The first photo I saw of the event was this one published by NBC:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Million-Muslim-March-9-11-13-mark-segraves.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1644 alignnone\" alt=\"Million-Muslim-March-9-11-13-mark-segraves\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Million-Muslim-March-9-11-13-mark-segraves.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Million-Muslim-March-9-11-13-mark-segraves.jpg 654w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Million-Muslim-March-9-11-13-mark-segraves-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought at the time that the close up was intentional so I waited for the photos from others on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>This appeared several hours later:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2-dozen-musloids1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1646 alignnone\" alt=\"2 dozen musloids\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2-dozen-musloids1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2-dozen-musloids1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2-dozen-musloids1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this too:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/million_muslim_march.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1647\" alt=\"million_muslim_march\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/million_muslim_march.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/million_muslim_march.png 480w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/million_muslim_march-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This bottom image included newsmen and photographers as well as the Million Muslim Marchers.<\/p>\n<p>The need to gather all of the information applies to events of all kinds. I wonder how long it will take to gather sufficient data on the actual situation in Syria to make a reasoned decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s world of photoshopped news and edited sound bites, it is hard to establish the truth in a single glance. 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