No, I did not because I no longer trust what I see on my TV.
"TV coverage sticking to real fireworks this year; Superimposed images of local landmarks drew widespread criticism" by James H. Burnett III | Globe Staff, July 03, 2012
If you watch CBS’s national broadcast of Boston’s Fourth of July celebration Wednesday night, what you see is what you will get.
Last year’s televised event was criticized by viewers and ethicists because images of historic buildings around the city had been inserted into the fireworks video feed, making it appear that the rockets glared red and bombs burst in the air above the gold-domed State House on Beacon Hill, the area behind home plate at Fenway Park, and Quincy Market, among other places.
A day after the broadcast, viewers across the country cried foul, pointing out that it would have been geographically impossible to see the fireworks above and behind those structures, given the launch position of the fireworks barge in the Charles River.
David Mugar, a Boston businessman and philanthropist who has produced the city’s July Fourth celebration for 39 years and its broadcast on CBS for 10 years, said that he has learned his lesson and that the stunt will not be repeated....
Last year Mugar defended the superimposed images, saying the broadcast was entertainment....
Karl Clodfelter, 35, a structural biomedical research scientist in Boston who pointed out the altered footage last year in a blog post, said he was happy that the fireworks will shine without embellishment Wednesday night.
Kelly McBride, a senior faculty member and ethics instructor at the Poynter Institute, a media think tank in St. Petersburg, Fla., said, “If you look at the way the audience views images and video, there is so much out there that is manipulated that people are naturally skeptical. Because what the audience does now is look at an image and if they have questions about whether it’s real or not, they’re likely to look at the source to decide whether or not to believe the image.”
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Sorry, but the trust is already gone.
Maybe you should look at some of the clues for yourself, dear readers.
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