Malkin’s all over this developing story, and YNet News has details and photos, and points to another possible photo manipulation, this time by using two different photos of what appears to be the same timeframe in Beirut and describing them both as being from different timeframes and thus supposedly two ‘different’ Israeli attacks.
As Drudge would say, developing ….
More: Powerline’s questioning other Reuters photos, as is Drinking From Home. Wow.
(Hat tip: LGF)
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Posted By: Sister Toldjah in: Israel, Lebanon/Hezbollah, Media Watch, Middle East
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They HAVE fired this jerk, haven’t they?
Comment by Marshall Art @ 8/7/2006 - 12:55 pm
Marshall - Yes. A few hours after Reuters announced he was “suspended”, they announced they would no longer purchase his photo’s. they also went to great lengths to mention he was not a staff photog, but freelance. Of course there’s nothing to prevent them from buying from him in the future under a pseudonym. So it’s really a lot of smoke and noise. they still havn’t admited any culpability, which is hanging out there like a Dan Rather moment.
- They’ve also basically dodged the fact that the reposted 2nd version, supposidly the original was also photoshopped, which they handled by just yanking it with no comments. The faact that as of now, none of the staff photo review people have been even mentioned, let along cut free, pretty well indicates they were allowing direct feeds with no editorial oversite, which is even more damning, but you won’t ever get them to admit that without a gun to their heads.
- Bang
Comment by Big Bang Hunter @ 8/7/2006 - 2:22 pm