Task #16: The ultimate origins of “Fauxtography”
July 19, 2007
A professor whom I helped regarding a book he’s doing on “Fauxtography” did a bunch of searching and found that, although Charles may have indeed been the first blogger to use the term in its current meaning, the word itself actually pre-dates the recent scandals. But it had a different meaning back then.
Anyway, someone needs to make a new entry for “Fauxtography,” give it a good definition, and also include this info in the derivation section:
“Hey, Zom—
Something for your trivia collection:
Looks like the term fauxtography goes back a bit earlier—but the blog meaning of deceptive photojournalism did originate in the LGF post.
http://fauxtographer.blogspot.com/>http://fauxtographer.blogspot.com/
http://www.photofaux.com/>http://www.photofaux.com/
http://www.myfauxtography.com/default.php>http://www.myfauxtography.com/default.php “
These three links are to pre-LGF appearances of fauxtography, with a different connotation. You’ll have to do an LGF search to find out the first place where Charles or a commenter used it. (Also search Michelle Malkin, though I think Chalres beat her by one day.)
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