Yahoo images - totally biased

I've heard lots of people say that "pictures don't lie," which always makes me laugh.  As a photography student I understand just how much work often goes in to creating exactly the right message to be conveyed in a photograph.  And in this day and age, with all the manipulation of images, it should never be taken for granted that a picture actually represents "the truth."

Well, I have noticed recently as I flip through Yahoo slide shows another interesting use of pictures, one that I am sure is not new, and that is the choice of images to display under a given topic.  When I look at the slideshows for "Iraq War" or "London Bombings" what I see is this:  several images of pain and suffering, people in anguish over death and mutilation and other atrocities in one picture, and then in the next image a picture of a world leader (Bush, Blair) smiling and laughing, shaking hands, celebrating or otherwise looking foolish.  Next picture please:  oh more pain and suffering, awful destruction!  Loved ones blown up!  Oh the humanity!  Next slide:  Bush at a podium speaking at the VFW.  More pain and suffering, Bush smiling and waving from the top steps of a plane.  etc.

I find this quite biased, this message coming through that death and destruction are occurring everywhere while (gee is it a coincidence that I have only seen Bush and Blair in these situations) these two western world leaders yuk it up and have a wonderful happy life.

Very annoying.