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Re:The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that ne... by adammunich on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:01AM (#18212032)
Who knows? Bloomberg might have just ripped the image of thier chip from the mouser catalog and called it a day..

https://www.mouser.com/new/tdk/tdk-rf-components/

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Re:The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that ne... by mellow-lake-day on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:49AM (#18212643)
AFAIK the images used in the Bloomberg article were illustrations / stock images
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Re:The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that ne... by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 14, 2018 @09:55AM (#18212886)
I wish there was a ban on using stock imagery in news reporting. They should either put a real photo, or no photo at all. Putting stock photos almost always creates confusion.
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Re:The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that ne... by booleandilemma on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:55PM (#18213812)
What about a stock photo that is clearly labeled as a stock photo?
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Re:The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that ne... by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:07PM (#18213875)
If "clearly" in the UX meaning of the word (e.g. same size or greater than that of surrounding text, but visibly emphasized) - sure. If "clearly" in the legal sense, let's be honest - who's going to notice that?

And ultimately, why risk confusing people just to make the article prettier? That media outlets do this is one of the many reasons proving that they don't really care about informing their audience.

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