Desi Tamasha

Language Log has a fascinating story on audio photoshopping done by radio stations, especially NPR. Here are a couple of gems:

• Car Talk edits in fake laughter from the co-hosts


• At least sometimes -- and maybe often, I don't know -- pre-recorded "conversations" are cut-and-paste jobs, just as fake as a photoshopped picture of two people who never met

Lots of interesting - even underhand - stuff here... Read it.
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