Wednesday, August 09, 2006
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SAY "REUTERS"?
Enjoying the competition squirming, the Associated Press:
This two-photo combination made available Monday, Aug. 7, 2006 by the Reuters news agency, shows an Aug. 5, 2006 photograph of smoke rising from burning buildings after an Israeli air strike on the suburbs of Beirut by Beirut-based Reuters freelance photographer Adnan Hajj. Reuters on Sunday, Aug.6 withdrew the image after evidence emerged that it was manipulated to show more smoke. The manipulated image is shown on the left. The unaltered image, shown on the right, has since run. Reuters has told the photographer, freelance Adnan Hajj, that the agency will not use any more of his pictures. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj, Reuters) AP - Mon Aug 7, 8:48 PM ET
And here, too:
This photo released by the Reuters news agency Monday Aug. 7, 2006 showing an Israeli F-16 warplane firing missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, August 2, 2006 has been withdrawn by the agency. Reuters said Monday it has cut its ties with a Beirut-based freelance photographer who it found had manipulated two photographs from the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. In this photo, Reuters found that the photographer Adnan Hajj changed the image to show three flares being dropped by the plane, instead of just one, the agency said. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj, Reuters) AP - Aug 07 5:49 PM
Those are available because they are A.P. photos on the Reuters photo manipulation story. All photos by Mr Hajj that were Reuters news photos have now vanished from Yahoo pictures.
It is also worth recalling that the A.P. is hardly beyond question regarding some of its "photojournalistic luck". ¶ by Robert, Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Enjoying the competition squirming, the Associated Press:
This two-photo combination made available Monday, Aug. 7, 2006 by the Reuters news agency, shows an Aug. 5, 2006 photograph of smoke rising from burning buildings after an Israeli air strike on the suburbs of Beirut by Beirut-based Reuters freelance photographer Adnan Hajj. Reuters on Sunday, Aug.6 withdrew the image after evidence emerged that it was manipulated to show more smoke. The manipulated image is shown on the left. The unaltered image, shown on the right, has since run. Reuters has told the photographer, freelance Adnan Hajj, that the agency will not use any more of his pictures. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj, Reuters) AP - Mon Aug 7, 8:48 PM ETAnd here, too:
This photo released by the Reuters news agency Monday Aug. 7, 2006 showing an Israeli F-16 warplane firing missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, August 2, 2006 has been withdrawn by the agency. Reuters said Monday it has cut its ties with a Beirut-based freelance photographer who it found had manipulated two photographs from the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. In this photo, Reuters found that the photographer Adnan Hajj changed the image to show three flares being dropped by the plane, instead of just one, the agency said. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj, Reuters) AP - Aug 07 5:49 PMThose are available because they are A.P. photos on the Reuters photo manipulation story. All photos by Mr Hajj that were Reuters news photos have now vanished from Yahoo pictures.
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It is also worth recalling that the A.P. is hardly beyond question regarding some of its "photojournalistic luck". ¶ by Robert, Wednesday, August 09, 2006
