http://texasvox.org/2009/08/27/more-astroturf-faces-of-coal-are-actually-istock-photos/ The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://texasvox.org/2009/08/27/more-astroturf-faces-of-coal-are-actually-istock-photos/#comment-1252 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:29:54 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=4761#comment-1252 If you bother to watch some of the interviews on the web site , you will indeed see some real people concerned with the future of the coal industry thats under unrelenting attack from the environmental groups. These people are about as local as it gets being from the area affected. I think a county commision president, school board president, and various buisness leaders would be relevant to the site.

]]> http://texasvox.org/2009/08/27/more-astroturf-faces-of-coal-are-actually-istock-photos/#comment-1240 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:52:12 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=4761#comment-1240 Dear Scott,
From everything i have read, this was not intended as a slam to iStock Photographers. The point is that there were NO personal photos of “supporters” on their website. It’s like seeing a web design “company’s” website filled with photos of beautiful people talking on sleek telecommunication devices in fancy offices, yet you find out the web “company” is just one guy working out of his home office in a split-level the suburbs. It is misleading and false. And so was this.

]]> http://texasvox.org/2009/08/27/more-astroturf-faces-of-coal-are-actually-istock-photos/#comment-1230 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:26:18 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=4761#comment-1230 Spinning another group’s viewpoint by claiming they misused stock photos is just plain dumb. I’m an iStock photographer so I think I can speak somewhat clearly on this issue. Using stock photos isn’t misrepresenting Faces of Coal. Does their site claim the people shown are actually ‘Faces of Coal’ supporters? No. Since when does any organization of any wing left or right or no wings at all need to get pictures of actual employees for their advertising? Never. They didn’t break iStock’s rules for using the photos so just get back to environmental activism without the slander shall we?

]]> http://texasvox.org/2009/08/27/more-astroturf-faces-of-coal-are-actually-istock-photos/#comment-1229 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:08:53 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=4761#comment-1229 [...] 28, 2009 by Andy Wilson I got an email from my brother thanking me for the Zoolander references in yesterday’s blog post about the “Faces of Coal” Astro…. His only complaint is that there wasn’t more [...]

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