http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x776401thread title (3-28-06 GD):
Fake photo of Baghdad used to bolster GOP's claims? Howard Kaloogian (R) has posted a photograph on his campaign website which he claims to have recently taken in downtown Baghdad, to show how "calm" and "stable" the city was during his visit. But the photo is actually from Istambul, TURKEY!!! Long thread with additional finds all confirming Istambul ID. Now up at Huffington Post and other blogs too. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785305thread title (3-29-06 GD):
Oops...Kaloogian Blames Iraq Photo Error on Staffer Says there were “hundreds and hundreds” of photos taken on his Iraq trip, and they had a layover in Istambul. His campaign site says “Baghdad is calm and secure. I know. I’ve been there.” So egregious! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2194954thread title (3-29-06 LBN):
Baghdad, Turkey Baghdad photo scandal See Reply #17 – It’s not the first time Kaloogian “got lost” like this. What a lying slime. Good composite photo showing obviously NOT in Iraq but Turkey. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x784983thread title (3-29-06 GD):
More photos of things going great in Baghdad Hilarious! Photos from all over the world – favorite: the “banana burka” from Rio http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x786665thread title (3-29-06 GD):
Kaloogian Slams Press Coverage of Iraq With Bogus Photo (Its made the MSM) Cites 3/29 Editor & Publisher article on the whole debacle. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x789542thread title (3-29-06 GD):
NEWSWEEK - Baghdad/Istanbul - Blogosphere Nails Kaloogian http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785264thread title (3-29-06 GD):
Re FAKE PHOTO: It's not just Howard Kaloogian, it's BIG right-wing players ” It's Move America Forward, and it's Russo Marsh & Rogers, the Sacramento-based political public relations firm with major right-wing ties. Move America Forward is an astroturf political action group that RM&R uses to woo big-money financiers of right wing candidates and causes. While it feels good to nail Howard Kaloogian, that phony "downtown Baghdad" photo used on his Web site has a stream that runs right to the heart the right wing ….” http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x787933thread title (3-29-06 GD):
UK Guardian now linking to DU thread on the Kalgoolian photo Excerpt from the Guardian UK: “The Backbencher has been enjoying the spat over a picture, allegedly of Baghdad, that wannabe Republican congressman Howard Kaloogian posted on his website. It purported (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x776401) to show a peaceful street in Baghdad. "Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be," Howard wrote. "But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it". Inevitable, then, that left-liberal blogs would point out that this picture actually shows a street in Turkey. The tight female clothing and non-Arabic signs did give it away.” http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x790319thread title (3-29-06 GD):
Kaloogian: "It’s one itty-bitty picture" From msnbc site (Newsweek): “Kaloogian is no stranger to controversy. He was one of the architects of the successful recall drive against former California governor Gray Davis. But he seemed annoyed at the sudden onslaught of attention. ‘Journalists weren’t interested in our trip for nine months afterwards, and now they’re trying to find one picayunish mistake,’ he complained to NEWSWEEK. ‘It’s one itty-bitty picture. The Associated Press gave us a Mark Twain Award for a broadcast we did from Iraq, and nothing was written about that at all.’ (Kaloogian is not named on the Web site of the Associated Press Television and Radio Association of California-Nevada as a Mark Twain Award winner, although several radio talk-show hosts who accompanied Kaloogian on the Iraq trip are named. ‘We invited these talk-show hosts to go with us, it was our trip, but they were on it,’ Kaloogian told NEWSWEEK.) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785904thread title (3-29-06 GD):
DKos: Kaloogian Fake Baghdad Photo ID'ed ”This photo was taken by a photographer named Faruk, a member of the wowturkey.com community, and posted there.” So Kaloogian didn’t even use an ORIGINAL photo from Istambul!!!
Full SCREEN SHOT of Kaloogian’s campaign page with the bogus photo and its caption in Reply #8.
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