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What is up with this picture? (CNN.com)
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CNN is using the picture below on their front page for their story on the Italian man who was arrested for allegedly poisoning that Russian spy. What I want to know is, how does a picture like this get taken? It looks for all the world like it was taken to make the guy look like a villain. If it was taken after he was arrested, did they sit him down and tell him to hold a flashlight under his face? Or if it's an older picture, in what situation would someone want a picture like this taken? It just struck me as odd.
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That's the glow from a stick 'o polonium he has in his shirt pocket.
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That stuff spreads like heaven on toast.
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If he's Russian and rich it's the reflection off of his Aston Martin.
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big light source right under his chin.
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Taken while he was telling his kids a scary story.
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Given how asshole prosecutors are frequently wrong, this guy is probably innocent. But those asshole prosecutors will do everything they can to prove his guilt in a court of law. They just want to win, they don't care about the truth.
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Originally Posted by macintologist 
Given how asshole prosecutors are frequently wrong, this guy is probably innocent. But those asshole prosecutors will do everything they can to prove his guilt in a court of law. They just want to win, they don't care about the truth.
Yeah, and defense attorneys all want our streets to be lined with child molesters. 
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I wonder if CNN has already made their decision and is therefore providing a slant ...
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He's possessed! Call the exorcist and bring me my shotgun!
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Yeah, and defense attorneys all want our streets to be lined with child molesters.
Frankly putting innocent people in jail, and possibly to death, is far worse
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The sun is shining out of his ass.
No, wait, that doesn't explain 
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Indoors w/ sunlight through a window, probably
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Originally Posted by icruise
Or if it's an older picture, in what situation would someone want a picture like this taken? It just struck me as odd.
Such a photo could have been taken while he was giving a presentation at an overhead projector. I'm sure there are numerous other possibilities.
He was not arrested for poisoning that Russian spy by the way, but for arms trafficking and violating secrets from an investigative file.
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Last edited by TETENAL; Dec 24, 2006 at 10:46 PM.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
That's the glow from a stick 'o polonium he has in his shirt pocket.
very good.
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I saw an AP photo of the guy in today's paper-normally lit and well composed. I tend to agree that the guy was photographed over an overhead projector or something-and CNN's editorial oversight needs some serious oversight of its own.
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
Wow... the pope looks like Satan...
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Dude, that's what the Pope looks like. Photographers can't help it if they picked a scary guy for the papacy.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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They only did that with the flashlight because he wouldn't pose like this...
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
That's the glow from a stick 'o polonium he has in his shirt pocket.
That's really fracking funny! Classic!
Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
He really does look like Emperor Palpatine.
...And now, my young apprentice...
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In the year 2000...
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