Another Fake Reuters Photo from Lebanon

The Jawa Report ^ | August 06, 2006

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Another photo by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj has been shown to be doctored. The photo, which proports to be of an Israeli F-16 firing missiles on Lebanon has been doctored to make the photo seem more sensational. Here is the original Reuters photo along with its caption.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Man, I am just eating this up. It's Jayson Blair all over again.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Does this go in the sidebar? I think it does. If you agree, would you mind putting it there for me? I don't want to get accused of abuse again.

Thanks.

[VOA]

bump

[Lunatic Fringe]

Was this picture taken by the same man that Reuters just let go?

[Lunatic Fringe]

It is!

An Israeli F-16 warplane fires missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, August 2, 2006. (LEBANON)

02 Aug 2006 REUTERS/Adnan Hajj

[ChadGore]

An Israeli F-16 warplane fires missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, August 2, 2006. (LEBANON)

That's not an F16 shooting missles, it's an F16 dropping flares, chaff, and AAA counter measure designed to mask the planes signature.

[GonzoGOP]

The picture was obviously fake but true. Courage!

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[agooga]

This idiot loves the clone tool. Jeez, you'd think that he'd have the intelligence to be a bit more discreet about his fakery. His stuff is just plain obvious.

[COEXERJ145]

He's not even good @ it. I'm no expert with Photoshop but even I could do a better job.

[elhombrelibre]

It probably would fool the ignorant, but I knew it was flares as soon as I saw it. I actually wondered initially what the fuss could be about until I read far enough.

[Peach]

These people have no idea how much they're hurting their own industry and what little credibility they had left. And I'm getting entirely too much pleasure out of watching as their ratings plummet.

[VOA]

...and be sure your sin will find you out.
Numbers 32:23

But then I guess this photographer only reads the Koran.

[BunnySlippers]

I'm with you. I used to post articles all the time but the last time I got chewed out so bad I haven't posted in about a year. I asked for help understanding what was wrong but was ignored. :(

[js1138]

It's about time for people to write to their local newspapers and demand retractions for any Reuters stories they have run.

[NY Attitude]

Another fine product made in America.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That means Adnan Hajj should get a pulitzer!

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Thank you for pinging this.

[Holden Magroin]

Reuters has been whoring for radical Islam since day one. Remember its first reaction to September 11 was to announce that it would discontinue use of the word "terrorist" because "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." Now Reuters is doctoring photos to manipulate its readership into opposing Israel. Reuters is now a legitimate target in the war on terrorism because it is colluding with a terrorist group.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah. It's too bad because they're bound to keep alot of good information out of the light it may/not deserve.

[Alouette]

Now every photo ever taken by "Adnan Hajj" should be pulled from the rotation.

Charles (on Drudge just a while ago) suggested that "Adnan Hajj" gets around too much to be one person, that it is probably a group of stringers handing off this crap to Reuters.

[alrea]

any way to get the names of reuters journalists or those they contract with in the middle east just for some googling?

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[bc4gwb]

This could become a full-time job, looking through all the garbage they're putting out from Lebanon.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Abb, I saw your dinosaur media deathwatch ping. Could you hit that again?

Thx

[Blogger]

WORLD EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OF ADNAN HAJJ


It was dust. Dust, I tell you! And,and, bad lighting!!! Yeah, that's the ticket. Bad lighting.

[bnelson44]

3rd photo problem:

http://drinkingfromhome.blogspot.com/2006/08/extreme-makeover-beirut-edition.html

[Ready4Freddy]

To say nothing of the obvious question - how do missles get behind the F-16?

[sine_nomine]

This is great. Rather is proof that once credibility is lost, it is not regained. Reuters will never be the same. Every report will be tainted.

[Eastbound]

What a jerk. Missiles go ahead of the plane.

[bwteim]

From your Jawa link, scroll down to the most recent post by someone called JMS (9:40 pm) and look at another photo. He/she raised the following issue on another photo:

"A couple of things stick out as being immediately wrong with this photo. First off, look at the line that separates the lower half of the photo and the upper half (where the smoke begins). It looks a bit too perfect and too distinct to be a natural hill top." "More importantly, however, check out the direction of the shadows in the lower portion of the picture. Note that the Sun is behind and to the left of the photographer. Shadows are being cast upwards and backwards of the buildings. However, check the mountain behind the smoke. What's missing? The dark smoke does not appear to be casting any shadow on the mountain behind it. Now, granted, the mountain in the background could be farther away than in appears in the photo, but things just don't seem to add up. "

Smoke rises from Arab Saleem area, near Nabatiyeh, in southern Lebanon during an Israeli air raid, August 2, 2006. (LEBANON)

02 Aug 2006 REUTERS/Adnan Hajj

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, I'm listening to Drudge right now.

[Atchafalaya]

An F16 flies mach 1.6-8 max and any missle fired at least twice that. One wonders why the missles fired are behind the firee (our secret "change up" missles)?

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Thanks!

[Eastbound]

Ya beat me to it!

[bnelson44]

Note the dates:

A Lebanese woman wails after looking at the wreckage of her apartment, in a building, that was demolished by the Israeli attacks in southern Beirut July 22, 2006. REUTERS/Issam Kobeisi (from Yahoo News)

A Lebanese woman reacts at the destruction after she came to inspect her house in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, after Israeli warplanes repeatedly bombed the area overnight.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (from Yahoo News)

see more information here.

[AliVeritas]

Add this Burka Lady pic.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060724/i/r2885549269.jpg?x=380&y=269&sig=ExBV8q84p4NMq_hm8h7srw--

[AliVeritas]

If that's not the fakest ever. No... they've done worse.
Gives a new meaning to smoke and mirrors. /s

[fuzzthatwuz]

Perhaps it is time for people to advise those same media sources that if they continue to run Reuter's reports that their subscription will be cancelled... and mean it! That will not only get the publishing media's attention but that of the dirt bag Reuter editors which release this kind of crap!

[Atchafalaya]

I sure you meant to nominate him for a "Putzer Prize"!!!

[bwteim]

It's awful. And, by the same "artist" Al-Reuter's very own Adnan Hajj....

[bwteim]

It's awful. And, by the same "artist" Al-Reuter's very own Adnan Hajj....

[GMMAC]

PING!

[AliVeritas]

Daughter of burka lady? You should see the cover up close of the Daily News... a half and half smoky fake.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/583-frontbig0806.jpg

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Thx.

The lib media isn't gonna shine the light upon themselves, but someone has to.

[bwteim]

"... nominate him for a "Putzer Prize"!!!"

LOL!

[cicero's_son]

Unbelievable.

As conservatives, we should simply assume that ANYTHING we see or hear from the MSM is fraudulent.

[dfwgator]

It was dust. Dust, I tell you! And,and, bad lighting!!! Yeah, that's the ticket. Bad lighting

"And the photos were taken by my wife, Morgan Fairchild."

[Alouette]

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[oolatec]

I think they are countermeasures as well... but if you look closer, the smoke trails have some elements which are exact copies.