Errol Morris, filmmaker/columnist
This is a fascinating and important conversation by filmmaker/director Errol Morris (Fog of War, about Robert McNamara’s decision to bomb Cambodia in the 1970s, The Thin Blue Line and others, including upcoming Tabloid, about a Miss Wyoming who fell in love and kidnapped her Salt Lake City Mormon boyfriend from his mission in England so they could have sex (!)) as part of The New York Times’ Opinionator blog.
Morris deals with photo ethics and image manipulation over some real cases of photos of children’s toys amid rubble in Iraq and other Middle East war zones.
Good for all journalists in considering how to present information effectively yet ethically, and for media consumer as a reminder to take all information with skepticism.
• Part 1: “It Was All Started by a Mouse” (1/3/2010)
• Part 2: “It Was All Started by a Mouse” (1/4/2010)
• Postscript: “Thought Experiment #2” (1/12/2010)
