Merged Thread: Romney Drops Out; Can McCain Defeat Democrats?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by saden1

can you spot what's wrong with this picture?

Everything looks accurate to me.

[That Guy]

mccain would beat either obama or clinton as of right now (by the polls they're run).

i'd love to see an obama/mccain election though. i wanted mccain 8 years ago.

[saden1]

Just to small sample:

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Just to small sample:

were do you get these clips from?
William Jefferson is a D/LA.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

were do you get these clips from?
William Jefferson is a D/LA.

William Jefferson is a Dem but is that him in the picture?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by saden1

William Jefferson is a Dem but is that him in the picture?

He's also very corrupt and is in legal trouble. I don't see an issue in that photo if it's him.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Buster

He's also very corrupt and is in legal trouble. I don't see an issue in that photo if it's him.

The problem is it's not him, it's John Conyer and it was during the Gonzales hearings.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by Buster

He's also very corrupt and is in legal trouble. I don't see an issue in that photo if it's him.

The photo was of John Conyers, not William Jefferson.

Fox is Conservative, but I'm not convinced that it's more Conservative than MSNBC or The New York Times are Liberal. Bias always seems more severe when your own ox is being gored. That's why so many on the left are horrified by Fox and convinced that the others are pillars of objectivity, which of course they're not. Bill Moyers had a special on PBSthe basic theme of which could be summarized as "Things were a lot easier when our side had a monopoly on the news." And they think this is a reasonable position.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

All networks, editors, and reporters have some biases, but Fox is biased more than any other mainstream network. When they have on-air debates, they are usually over whether the Dems suck or whether they reallly, really, really suck. So much for fair and balanced.

[MTK]

LOL those pics are hilarious. Not over the top or biased at all. That's the no spin zone right there.

[Monkeydad]

Sure, because CNN never does anything wrong:




CNN places 'X' mark on Dick Cheney's Face

Everyone except the CNN graphics operator could clearly see the big black X that crossed Dick Cheney's face during a November 22 live speech about the War in Iraq.




According to Matt Drudge, "A careful review of the tape also shows a white colored 'X' transposed over Cheney's face during the speech as well." ...but what about the text below? What does the fine print below the big X say? Does it shed additional light on the sinister plot by CNN to make a mockery of the Vice President's important address to the American Enterprise Institute and the nation?



Unfortunately the truth isn't that sexy. The truth is, the text below is nothing more than a technical TV instruction to the program's producer and engineer.

Here's how I managed to 'crack the code':
1) I quickly discovered that the 'white X' graphic was easier to work with than the 'black X'
White 'X'


Black "X'


2) Next, certain properties became even more clear when the colors of the graphic were inverted.


3) At this point, I could easily make out several characters. The letters a-m-e-s and a few others are quite obvious.

4) A quick Google search provided the next clue. What television-related phrase includes these letters? Within minutes it was clear. The last few words read "frames of black"

5) Well, how many frames of black? The AFRTS standard is a minimum of 15 frames of black for the beginning and end of each spot but upon close examination, we did not see a 15. What we saw was a 5.


6) When the graphic is blown up and moothed out a bit, several more characters become clear. The letters a-e-r are quite easy to see.


7) At this point, a little crossword puzzle deduction helped me figure out what that next word was.

8) The next word (in reverse) was almost entirely hidden by the foreground text making it nearly impossible to figure out so I decided to test a few different fonts. If I could figure out what font was used, I could then figure out which letters could create the pattern. As close as I can tell, it looks a lot like arial but it's more likely helvetica.


Arial Font Overlay

[Monkeydad]

9) The last word(s) was going to be extremely difficult. The CNN logo hides most of the text.


10) By determining the text font, we've opened several new clues. The most important being the very first character. - It's definitely a 'T"! No other letter in arial has the same left side pattern.

11) Also, looking closely, you can see an 's' and the last character of the word could be an 'n'

12) Now that we have t-s-n, what words might fit.

13) At first I thought 'transmission' but the arial text overlay didn't quite match.

14) After a few minutes, searching through a partial word dictionary, I decided to go with transition'

As far as I can tell, the phrase under the black 'X' reads:

"Transition begins after 5 frames of black"


15) and the arial font overlay seems to confirm this.

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