Production Company Caught Faking Fourth of July Firework Footage In Boston For CBS Special

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by Jon Bershad | 11:56 am, July 8th, 2011

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This holiday weekend, anyone who was watching CBS in Boston got to see some amazing shots of fireworks. In fact, the footage was way more impressive than those on other networks as it featured incredible glimpses of the fireworks going off right behind such landmarks as Fenway stadium and the state house. However, some eagle-eyed, geography-knowledgable viewers began to notice something was amiss. The fireworks were shot off from a barge and for CBS to have gotten some of the shots it got, the barge would had to have planted its anchor right in the middle of the street.

The producer of the show has since admitted faking the footage. Not only has he admitted it, he’s standing by the choice.

From The Boston Globe:

“David Mugar, the Boston-area businessman and philanthropist who has executive produced the show for nine years, confirmed yesterday that the footage was altered. He said this was the first year such alterations were made.

Mugar said the added images were above board because the show was entertainment and not news. He said it was no different than TV drama producer David E. Kelley using scenes from his native Boston in his show “Boston Legal’’ but shooting the bulk of each episode on a studio set in Hollywood.

‘Absolutely, we’re proud to show scenes from our city,’ Mugar said. ‘It’s often only shown in film or in sporting matches. We were able to highlight great places in Boston, historical places with direct ties to the Fourth. So we think it was a good thing.’

A CBS Television spokesman declined comment about whether the network was aware of, or approved of, the fireworks show being digitally altered.”

It’s just another step into our new era of complete artificiality, a world where our “reality” television is more scripted than the rest, people walking down the street are 50% plastic, almost every picture is photoshopped, and no movie stunt is impressive since it was probably CGI anyway. Why not fake Fourth of July celebrations as well?

This all, of course, brings up a number of questions about reality and the eternal fight between aesthetics and verisimilitude. And one other big question as well: what’s the point in watching fireworks on TV anyway?

You can watch the entire fireworks show in question from CBS below:

(h/t Reddit, photo via Boston Globe)

cbs, Fireworks, Fourth of July

winning

CBS Lies!
glenn113

They must be taking lessons from Fox, but they have a long ways to go to catch up.
Nature Freaky

CBS in Boston is shameless!
Les Moonves needs to have a talk with this affiliate.
Lame!
Pablo

Damn you, Murdoch!!!

(Psst, Jon. Fenway PARK.)
Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

glenn113 said:
They must be taking lessons from Fox, but they have a long ways to go to catch up.

I wondered how long it would take you libs to drag FOX into the thread. Heck, there could be a thread on Santa and you libs could somehow connect something negative about FOX to it. Take your meds!! They’re aren’t going anywhere so you need to accept that so the healing can start.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

This is similar to the way CBS slants stories and fabricates smears to attack Republicans – they, and their soulmates in the rest of the so-called mainstream media – are nothing more than mouthpieces for the Democratic Party.

Their credibility continues to diminsh, and their influence continues to wane.

Keep this story in a file for the next time a Soros-paid lackeye at one of his left-wing attack sites goes after FOX!
sambewka

Ok knucklehead. WTF is Fenway stadium? Even the sign in the photo says FENWAY PARK.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

Well, clearly this is a conspiracy that goes straight to the top. Moonves needs to be fired right away.

Come on, you expect me to believe he didn’t know about this?!

Ugh.
Emma

Reverse the Curse.
Pablo

ImNotBlue said:
Well, clearly this is a conspiracy that goes straight to the top. Moonves needs to be fired right away.

Come on, you expect me to believe he didn’t know about this?!

Ugh.

Fake but accurate, all over again.
skyfet

Media corruption is just wrong.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Alright, we can move this one from the top spot, being no one has commented in over an hour.
Just4thefax

Fact: I bet Dan Rather narked on them! Hahahahaha……..
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Hey fax,

You ruined my point!
TeaPartyNation

“CBS Caught Faking Fourth of July Firework Footage In Boston”

DUH !!!! Why do you think the C(ertified)B(iased)S(ocialists) network is part of the lamestream socialist fake-news media ? Thinks they NEVER display:

THE TRUTH
THE FACTS
REALITY.
Miroco

OK Lib Tormenter, I’ve warned you for the last time, you will be brought up on charges. Facts confuse already brain damaged libs, their use must be prohibited. Logic further destroys the ruined synapses of aforesaid subhumans, please refrain. You know the justice system works, especially since the progs took charge, witness our retribution for the Caylee murder. Just to make it clear, if it’s commie it’s cool, that’s why MS Nuthin’ But Commies has so many viewers-(I think they had some viewers last week) Just an aside, I saw that moron Olberidiot on Algores net the other day, he is even stupider, I stayed around almost ten seconds before I could find my masochist pills. I think he planned the worser firework display.
TfT

So, the title has been changed, has the content of the article changed as well? And how come ya’ll do this without issueing updates and/or corrections?
RyGuy

The economy isn’t very good and I need a job. Mediaite, want to hire me to be a copy editor? FENWAY PARK NOT STADIUM! Sheesh, even the picture you used in the article says ‘Fenway Park.’
Miroco

LibTorm—(personal message)

I am always in a hurry when I post. I started an earlier post as I had discovered a word new to me. Algolagnia, which refers to self inflicted pain. I was trying to create a joke making the connection between Al Gores Network, Olberman, no ratings, lying on TV, and self inflicted pain. The lying part is nothing new, Diane Sawyer blew up a car with a rocket trying to prove a Pinto was unsafe decades ago. Anyhow couldn’t get the joke to come out funny, which explains the confusion of earlier post ;-)
glenn113

Fake News (fox news)
Jayson

Way to go CBS..

One more reason the rest of the world will continue to think Americans are fools.