Jim Lynch did a recreation of one of Geno’s “Speak English” signs yesterday. Indeed, he noted that it was a reproduction as he could not find a clear picture of the sign in question.
Imagine his surprise when, while surfing through Yahoo’s news, he found a story from Agence France-Presse that contained a very familiar graphic (I do have screen prints of both pages at his request). I don’t have the equipment to compare what AFP is claiming is their own to Jim’s graphic (especially the large version) so I don’t have the “Presstitute Follies” tag on it, but they are eerily-similar. Indeed, if it were a photo, why would it be cropped so closely?
Revisions/extensions (12:58 pm 3/21/2008) - Jim sends along a site, specifically WFMZ-TV 69News, that has an actual photo of the sign. Though it is not a high-quality picture, neither Jim’s graphic nor the one APF claims is a picture taken by them is the sign; “America” is capitalized on the sign, and is not on the graphic.
Hence, I’ve moved this into the “Presstitute Follies” category. Guess AFP’s too lazy to send an actual photographer to Philly for an actual picture and would prefer to rip off bloggers. Bad decision.
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They can pay me with a cheesesteak. I’m easy.
Works for me. One of these years, I’ll have to make it to Philly for a cheesesteak; it’s kind of hard to find good sandwiches here.