Reuters Admits Photo Fakery!

Reuters ^ | 8-6-06 | Reuters

[Crazieman]

PICTURE KILL FOR LBN20 TRANSMITTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1408GMT ON AUGUST 5, 2006. PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE WAS IMPROPERLY USED ON THIS IMAGE. A CORRECTED VERSION WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS ADVISORY. PLEASE REMOVE THE IMAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEMS. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. REUTERS LBN20 Smoke billows from burning buildings destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut's suburbs August 5, 2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack. REUTERS/Adnan Hajj (LEBANON) REUTERS NEWS PICTURES

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[Cardhu]

You have a Director´s touch :)

[Frank_2001]

Well stated!

[Robert A Cook PE]

How sweet. They're sorry for the inconvenience.

How about apologizing for the lie and firing the editor?

You caught that "little" "let's just sweep this under the carpet and keep it in the family" too, eh?

[Robert A Cook PE]

See www.mrc.org for their annual bias awards.

[Raycpa]

Notice how the pacifier is not covered with dust, and ask yourself how a clipped on pacifier could remain clip connected when a corpse is dragged from the rubble?

There is something more important. That pacifier and chain are too heavy for the shirt and too long for the child. No parent would attach such a long and heavy object to the front of a shirt so that it not only pulls the shirt half off, it is so long it would bang against the childs legs. And even if the parent did this, no child I raised would tolerate this pulling his shirt down. He would rip it off or cry until it was removed.

[bwteim]

Probably picked up by Hezbo or Al Jazeera by now to instruct their own staff;)

[1035rep]

btt

[Guenevere]

He's got it at the very top of his page...

..not prominent, like Mel Gibson's arrest :^

...but a line that says Reuters is pulling it...

[RoseofTexas]

I just got home and catching up on my Pings and saw this one...I am totally and adamantly upset over this!! THANK YOU LORD FOR THE INTERNET...it has been a saving grace!! I LOATHE THE MEDIAWHORES and it's presstitutes!!

[sonic109]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahahahhaha ..Just spit out my coffee ..Tooo funny

[Albertafriend]

"That pacifier and chain are too heavy for the shirt and too long for the child."

Also this baby is reported to be 9 or 10 months old--crawling age. This pacifier would be constantly dragging in the dirt and should definitely show signs of wear.

[Right_in_Virginia]

You caught that "little" "let's just sweep this under the carpet and keep it in the family" too, eh?

Yup. It jumped right out of the page ;-)

[Right_in_Virginia]

PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE WAS INCOMPETENTLY USED ON THIS IMAGE.

fixed it.

Yes, you did! Good job.

[faq]

[sonic109]

That is one great idea. Call it the annual Rather Biased Award

[humblegunner]

Just spit out my coffee ..Tooo funny

I fail to see the humor in this tragedy!

[Ready4Freddy]

Thanks, fag, but I was speaking of the 'Photo Kill' graphic, not the original pic that was the subject of the Photo Kill. Or are you pointing out that the Yahoo piz reside on news.yahoo.com, rather than http://d.yimg.com/ ?

[shield]

Looks like the Pajama Media strikes again.

[antiRepublicrat]

Actually fixing colors is not allowed either.

To that level, no, that's doctoring. I was talking about fixing, not changing. It's what people used to do in the darkroom when developing, now it's digital.

[null and void]

Here's an exercise for the skeptical:

Put these photos in the proper time sequence:

#1

#2

#3

Hint:

The sequence starts with a pristine pacifier and clean hands. It ends with dusty hands and pacifier...