Reuters Withdraws All 920 Pictures Taken by Adnan Hajj From its Databa
August 7th, 2006 2:42 PM
In the ongoing investigation of a Lebanese photographer that has been caught with his hand in the Photoshop jar as reported by NewsBusters here and here, Reuters has made the following announcement:Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between…
Are Media Assisting The Exaggeration of Casualties in Lebanon
August 7th, 2006 1:50 PM
This one is pretty amazing (hat tip to Drudge). At 8:29AM ET Monday, Reuters reported that 40 people were killed in a Lebanese village by Israeli air strikes. Less than three hours later, the Associated Press reported that the number of casualties had been dropped to one. Here’s the first report:"An hour ago, a horrific massacre took place in Houla village as a result of the intentional Israeli…
Open Thread: Reutergate
August 7th, 2006 11:17 AM
The hot story in the blog world today is the story of Adnan Hajj, a photographer for the Reuters news service who has been exposed as faking shots in his work, most famously, a photograph of a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon in which he inserted fake smoke into the picture to make it look as though Israel was targeting civilians.Use this thread to post relevant information about the story from blogs…
Blog Consensus: Reuters Photographer Photoshopped Beirut 'Burning Buil
August 6th, 2006 2:09 AM
UPDATE: As commenter "Sua Sponte 75" noted, Reuters has issued a "Picture Kill Advisory" (link is to Michelle Malkin, as original PKA appears to have been moved) and has admitted altering the photo. Drudge is currently linking to the story at the very top of his page. To the extent that an organization like Reuters cares about such things, it appears that it has been humiliated. Commenter "Ten7s…
CNN Equates Fears of Jewish Americans with Those of Homegrown Hezbo Su
August 5th, 2006 8:33 AM
At CNN, the moral relativism never ends. In the wake of shootings by a Muslim at a Seattle Jewish center that left one person dead and others injured, CNN somehow managed to equate the fears of American Jews that there could be other such incidents . . . with the fears of American supporters of Hezbollah.The focus of the 'Safe at Home?' segment narrated by CNN's Kelli Arena on today's Saturday…
A Closer Look at Qana
August 4th, 2006 11:37 AM
If the Israeli "massacre" at Qana turns out to be yet another fraud, you can count on the media to quietly let the story slip away, a contrast from the media fireworks that were present when the story was announced. A simple "we were wrong" is is much more embarrassing than hoping everyone will forget the original hype.
Pipeline News has a good summary of the latest information.
To recount:…
Hezbollah and MSM Use Goebbels’ Playbook
August 4th, 2006 10:50 AM
As the world watches events unfold in the Middle East from the comfort of their living rooms, evidence is mounting that Hezbollah is using the media in a fashion that would make Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels extremely proud. Such an assertion has far reaching implications to be sure, as it points an accusatory finger at the behavior of the American press as well. Supporting this…
What Does the Hezbollah Propaganda Machine Say About American Media
August 3rd, 2006 10:35 AM
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz did a report Thursday (hat tip to Drudge) on the Hezbollah propaganda machine. As one reads the revelations about how this terrorist group uses the media to affect opinion in Lebanon, Israel, and across the globe, it is difficult not to wonder what impact similar efforts by liberal press representatives in America is having on the war in Iraq as well as the war on…
