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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[mware]

Do you know if anyone have downloaded the other photos by the photographer? I got a feeling they may just disappear.

[Right Wing Assault]

But I'll bet Paul Julius Reuter is spinning in his grave.

All 5 clones of him.

[pissant]

Thank God for LGF, Bloggers, and of course, FR. The war is fought on many fronts, and the MSM is clearly in the enemy's camp.

[nuconvert]

Thanks.
I don't really even understand why the guy thought he needed to 'doctor' the original?
Hope he lost his job.

[humblegunner]

does FARK have this?

Not that I know of.

[Dosa26]

Seeing those two pics side by side the fake looks absolutely stupid. It looks like some one tried to make it look like a secondary strike caused a large fire but the smoke coalesces into a single plume in the middle of the pic. Awful.

[mainepatsfan]

They won't touch this story. They can't smear one of their own.

[backhoe]

Great post Backhoe.

Thanks- the Lizards at LGF deserve the credit, I just copied their stuff.

The "comments" are worth wading through- not just for more information and links, but the byplay among members is surprisingly familiar to any forum denizen.

[ReignOfError]

Wonder what they are going to do to the person who sent the death threat to LGF? The git sent the e mail from Reuters.

If he can be tracked down -- and the IP wasn't spoofed -- the same principle applies. Sending from a company IP address is the same as sending on company letterhead.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Probably suspended for not doing a better job than for doing it in the first place.

[mewzilla]

For anyone who wants a laugh...

Reuters Independence & Trust Principles

SNORT.

[Right Wing Assault]

So they admit they doctored the photograph.

Reuters is too lazy to doctor it. The original photog might be a more likely culprit.

[mewzilla]

Probably suspended for not doing a better job than for doing it in the first place.

That's what I'm afraid of.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Bingo....

[nuconvert]

"Little Green Footballs had a run-in with Reuters, so they modified their site meter to record visits from Reuters... they had four online when I looked a few minutes ago."

Lol. Good idea.

[mtbopfuyn]

PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE WAS IMPROPERLY USED ON THIS IMAGE.

"I guess next time they'll use it properly and not get caught."

Bingo! How many others have slipped through? How many scenes were manipulated?

[mewzilla]

Reuters is too lazy to doctor it. The original photog might be a more likely culprit.

Then Reuters needs to suspend their photo editor/s, too.

[BunnySlippers]

Bump

[JCEccles]

Why hasn't Drudge showcased this yet? This is a first web page above-the-scroll story.

[mainepatsfan]

If they had any ethical standards at all they'd have to.