Re: Altering live TV pictures

["Douglas J. Broda" <djbroda@mindspring.com>]

At 05:14 PM 1/15/00 -0500, Dave Faneuf wrote:

>This is the kind of thing that is all too real, and all too tempting for
>major corporations to do and get away with.  
>

I didn't think of that. On the one hand, I hate slippery slope arguments
:)... but on the other hand, you have a real point.

>I might also add that the BBC noted no one caught it until it was
>reported in a newspaper, the correspondent speculated that it was because
>not too many people were watching their coverage since according to the
>BBC, CBS finished last in the ratings for coverage of New Years Eve.
>

On the other hand, it could also have been because not too many people
would have thought to look to see if a billboard was digitally altered. :)
Douglas J. Broda
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