Tuesday, August 08, 2006
THEY "DO NOT OFFER THEIR OWN OPINIONS OR VIEWS"
Oh, sure. Have friends visit . . . and miss Reuters implode!
Pajamas Media:
Murdoc has more on another photo withdrawn.
Yes, as we all know by now, Reuters has stamped pompously on its web site:
It is to laugh.
UPDATE: The BBC interestingly appears to sympathize with the photographer, Mr Adnan Hajj:
Meanwhile, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen has presumably noticed a slight uptick in all the background noise, but continues to "tune it out". ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Oh, sure. Have friends visit . . . and miss Reuters implode!
Pajamas Media:
...In an apology that should cast serious doubt on much of the credibility of the news service itself, Reuters has acknowledged that its war photography from Beirut had been altered and is officially withdrawing the photograph. In a carefully worded statement Reuters admitted that “photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvience...
Murdoc has more on another photo withdrawn.
Yes, as we all know by now, Reuters has stamped pompously on its web site:
...We do not take sides and attempt to reflect in our stories, pictures and video the views of all sides. We are not in the business of glorifying one side or another or of disseminating propaganda. Reuters journalists do not offer their own opinions or views...
It is to laugh.
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UPDATE: The BBC interestingly appears to sympathize with the photographer, Mr Adnan Hajj:
...Mr Hajj told the BBC he denied doctoring the content of the images.
He said had tried to clean dust off the first image, a shot of buildings in a suburb of Beirut, on which Reuters found smoke plumes had been darkened and expanded using computer software.
"It was so badly done - an amateur could have done better," Bob Bodman, picture editor at the Daily Telegraph newspaper, told the BBC.
Mr Hajj, a freelance photographer working for Reuters, denied altering the second photograph, an image of an Israeli F-16 fighter over Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon.
"There's no problem with it, not at all," he said in a BBC interview...
He said had tried to clean dust off the first image, a shot of buildings in a suburb of Beirut, on which Reuters found smoke plumes had been darkened and expanded using computer software.
"It was so badly done - an amateur could have done better," Bob Bodman, picture editor at the Daily Telegraph newspaper, told the BBC.
Mr Hajj, a freelance photographer working for Reuters, denied altering the second photograph, an image of an Israeli F-16 fighter over Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon.
"There's no problem with it, not at all," he said in a BBC interview...
Meanwhile, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen has presumably noticed a slight uptick in all the background noise, but continues to "tune it out". ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, August 08, 2006
