| CNN places 'X' mark on Dick
Cheney's Face |
| Everyone except the CNN graphics operator could clearly
see the big black X that crossed Dick Cheney's face during
a November 22 live speech about the War in Iraq. |
 
According to Matt
Drudge, "A careful review of the tape also
shows a white colored 'X' transposed over Cheney's face
during the speech as well." ...but what about the
text below? What does the fine print below the big X
say? Does it shed additional light on the sinister plot
by CNN to make a mockery of the Vice President's important
address to the American Enterprise Institute and the
nation? |
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| Unfortunately the truth isn't that sexy. The truth is,
the text below is nothing more than a technical TV instruction
to the program's producer and engineer. |
| Here's how I managed to 'crack the code': |
| 1) I quickly discovered that the 'white X' graphic was
easier to work with than the 'black X' |
White 'X'
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Black "X'
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| 2) Next, certain properties became even more clear when
the colors of the graphic were inverted. |
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| 3) At this point, I could easily make out several characters.
The letters a-m-e-s and a few others are quite obvious. |
| 4) A quick Google search provided the next clue. What
television-related phrase includes these letters? Within
minutes it was clear. The last few words read "frames
of black" |
| 5) Well, how many frames of black? The AFRTS standard
is a minimum of 15 frames of black for the beginning and
end of each spot but upon close examination, we did not
see a 15. What we saw was a 5. |
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| 6) When the graphic is blown up and moothed out a bit,
several more characters become clear. The letters a-e-r
are quite easy to see. |
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| 7) At this point, a little crossword puzzle deduction
helped me figure out what that next word was. |
8) The next word (in reverse) was almost entirely
hidden by the foreground text making it nearly impossible
to figure out so I decided to test a few different fonts.
If I could figure out what font was used, I could then
figure out which letters could create the pattern. As
close as I can tell, it looks a lot like arial but it's
more likely helvetica. |
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Arial Font Overlay
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| 9) The last word(s) was going to be extremely difficult.
The CNN logo hides most of the text. |
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| 10) By determining the text font, we've opened several
new clues. The most important being the very first character.
- It's definitely a 'T"! No other letter in arial
has the same left side pattern. |
| 11) Also, looking closely, you can see an 's' and the
last character of the word could be an 'n' |
| 12) Now that we have t-s-n, what words might fit. |
| 13) At first I thought 'transmission' but the arial
text overlay didn't quite match. |
| 14) After a few minutes, searching through a partial
word dictionary, I decided to go with transition' |
As far as I can tell, the phrase under the black
'X' reads:
"Transition
begins after 5 frames of black" |
| 15) and the arial font overlay seems to confirm this. |
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