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Reuters admits image of Beirut after IAF strike was doctored [Adnan Hajj fired]
haaretz.com (Excerpt) ^ | August 6, 2006 | Assaf Uni

Posted on 08/06/2006 2:44:29 PM PDT by HAL9000

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Reuters said that it has fired Adnan Hajj, the Lebanese photographer who submitted the image. The organization also said that it is investigating the incident.

"The photographer has denied deliberately attempting to manipulate the image, saying that he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under," said Moira Whittle, the head of public relations for Reuters.

"This represents a serious breach of Reuters' standards and we shall not be accepting or using pictures taken by him," Whittle said in a statement issued in London.

Hajj worked for Reuters as a non-staff freelance, or contributing photographer, from 1993 until 2003 and again since April 2005.

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(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; adnanhajj; beirut; fabrication; fakenews; fakephotos; fauxtography; fired; lebanon; photoshop; qana; reuters
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1 posted on 08/06/2006 2:44:31 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

I smell BS.


2 posted on 08/06/2006 2:45:24 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: HAL9000

Ah, yes, Adnan Hajj - the same Islamic propagandist who photographed the staged idiocy at Qana.


3 posted on 08/06/2006 2:45:44 PM PDT by Reactionary (The Barking of the Native Moonbat is the Sound of Moral Nitwittery)
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To: HAL9000
trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under

LMAO

4 posted on 08/06/2006 2:46:38 PM PDT by craig_eddy
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To: HAL9000

NEWS FLASH:
CBS has hired a new photographer for its news staff.
Adnan Hajj will start work tomorrow.


5 posted on 08/06/2006 2:46:51 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free!)
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To: HAL9000
Does that mean photos taken by him will not be considered for whatever the award is for photography???

He is the one who shot this photo.

I will bet you it gets photo of the year by the media.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

6 posted on 08/06/2006 2:49:18 PM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: HAL9000

If this doesn't prove outright just how stupid they truly think the public is, I don't know what would.


7 posted on 08/06/2006 2:50:58 PM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: HAL9000

How about the photo editor/s who let it go?


8 posted on 08/06/2006 2:51:50 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mware

Every time I see that shot, I think the guy's auctioning off dead babies. It just looks that way.


9 posted on 08/06/2006 2:54:33 PM PDT by Argus
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To: HAL9000

Traveling troupe of Players?

We have the Qana gaggle of photogs, Mr Green Helmet and his men and now the wailing old lady:

2 pics of the same woman on two different days one by AP , one by Reuters, in which she is bewailing the loss of her home(s).
http://drinkingfromhome.blogspot.com/2006/08/extreme-makeover-beirut-edition.html
AP and Reuters and AFP wholly owned subsidiaries of Hezbollah.


10 posted on 08/06/2006 2:55:36 PM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: HAL9000
"...he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under..."

LOL--is this the high-falutin' "journalist" way of saying his dog ate his homework?

11 posted on 08/06/2006 2:56:02 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: HAL9000

The photographer lies as good as he photoshops.


13 posted on 08/06/2006 2:56:34 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: HAL9000
Hajj worked for Reuters as a non-staff freelance

I thought al-Rooters al-Reuters intially claimed the photographer didn't work in their "news" division. Now al-Reuters is saying the photographer did work in their "news" division.
14 posted on 08/06/2006 2:56:55 PM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: HAL9000

In today's world, virtually all professionals use digital cameras which (obviously) don't require dust removal in post-processing. This is a ridiculous excuse.


15 posted on 08/06/2006 2:57:51 PM PDT by knownot
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To: johnny7

Isn't 'Tourist Guy' in there somewhere?


16 posted on 08/06/2006 2:57:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: pyx

Al-Reuters contact information:


Simon Walker
Corporate Marketing & Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 7800
Email: simon.walker@reuters.com

Ed Williams
Global Head of Executive Communication
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 6005
Email: ed.williams@reuters.com

Yvonne Diaz
Public Relations Director
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 2615
Email: yvonne.diaz@reuters.com

Yasmeen Khan
Head of PR, Research & Asset Management
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 0496
Email: yasmeen.khan@reuters.com

Steve Clarke
Head of PR, Enterprise
Tel: +44 (0) 207 542 6865
Email: steve.clarke@reuters.com

Moira Whittle
Head of PR - Media & Editorial
Tel: +44(0) 207 542 3436
moira.whittle@reuters.com

Johnny Weir
Head of PR, Corporate
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 5211
Email: johnny.weir@reuters.com

Avene O'Farrell
PR & Corporate Events Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 7457
Email: avene.ofarrell@reuters.com


Americas Timezone

Samantha Topping
Director Media Relations, Reuters America
Tel: +646 223 5223
Email: samantha.topping@reuters.com

Morgan Baden
Media Relations, Reuters America
Tel: +646 223 5596
Email: morgan.baden@reuters.com

Asia Timezone

Liam Hwee Tay
Head of Corporate Communications, Asia
Tel: +65 68 703 028
Email: liam.tay@reuters.com


17 posted on 08/06/2006 2:59:52 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: dfwgator

He's on the night-shift.


18 posted on 08/06/2006 3:02:30 PM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: HAL9000
On Sunday, Reuters removed the retouched picture from its catalogue and replaced it with the original

Wouldn't the possession of the original imply that perhaps the PhotoShopping was done at Reuter's office rather than by the photographer ?

19 posted on 08/06/2006 3:07:58 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: missnry

LOL ~


20 posted on 08/06/2006 3:08:58 PM PDT by Bubble Girl
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