Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/08/reuters-fake-photos-ihh-gaza-blockade-commandos/ ^

[Red in Blue PA]

The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light. But this time Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault.

The news agency reacted to questions raised by an American blogger who showed that Reuters' photo service edited out knives and blood traces from pictures taken aboard the activist ship Mavi Marmara during a clash with Israeli commandos last week. Nine people were killed and scores were injured in the clash.

The pictures of the fight were released by IHH, the Turkish-based group that sponsored the six-ship fleet that tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.

In one photo, an Israeli commando is shown lying on the deck of the ship, surrounded by activists. The uncut photo released by IHH shows the hand of an unidentified activist holding a knife. But in the Reuters photo, the hand is visible but the knife has been edited out.

The blog “Little Green Footballs” challenged Reuters' editing of the photo.

[Red in Blue PA]

[dfwgator]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

How dare anyone attribute a political motive to al Reuters!

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

Twofer Tuesday!

[Psycho_Bunny]

"But this time Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault."

Shite' de la Horse'

[dfwgator]

GMTA!

[SF_Redux]

GUESS THAT PHOTOGRAPHER DIDN’T HAVE ANY DOLS TO LAY AROUND

[mrmeyer]

The first mistake the commandos made was using paintball guns with pepper balls when they should have used submachine guns.

[a fool in paradise]

The blog “Little Green Footballs” challenged Reuters' editing of the photo.

Which is surprising these days. Is he playing a WWF good-guy-turned-bad-guy-turned-good-guy?

[fhayek]

I’m sure Reuters did nothing misleading. Also, let me tell you about the great piece of land that I just bought in Florida.

[WayneS]

...Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault.

Helen Thomas made them do it?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Ping.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[Deb]

Wow.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

In their hearts, they side with Helen Thomas.

[GeronL]

Why would Reuters release pics from the IHH anyway?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Like Stalin used to say, “No man, no problem.”

[xkaydet65]

No he’s not changing.. Nothing gets Charley’s panties in a knot than a chance to attack religion. Any religion. In this case Islam. Had those commandoes been led by Hasidic Rabbis, Charley wouldn’t have known who to call out.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

OK, what is the story behind the Stalin photo?

[Tucker39]

Whattaya’ expect from a Nazi outfit?

[tcrlaf]

FAKE, but accurate, according to Reuters...

[dfwgator]

Stalin basically air-brushed people out of history once they fell out of favor, as if they never existed. This is a great book about this.

[madison10]

Also, let me tell you about the great piece of land that I just bought in Florida.

Let me guess...beach front property with red sand.

Of course it was "political." Reuters must think the whole U.S. is blind.

[freeangel]

‘Just taking lessons from the Liar of the US—only applying it to photography.

[JPG]

Knife? What knife? I don’t see any stinkin’ knife.

[Snickering Hound]

[magslinger]

FAKE, but accurate©, according to Reuters...

C^BS copyrighted that.

[a fool in paradise]

It was common for the Soviets to paint out (or add in) people based on turns of events. When they fell out of favor with The Party, they simply disappeared from history (all pre-photoshop).

The Soviets did this. The Red Chinese did this. The Cuban Communists did this. The North Vietnamese did this. The Nazis even engaged in photomanipulation for propaganda purposes.

The Nazis used the cropped image of Churchill to suggest he was a gangster criminal.

[a fool in paradise]

That book only goes so far. There is another book that came out earlier in the decade and has coverage of the Cuban Communists, Red Chinese Communists, and Vietnamese Communists. You know, the groups that the Left say were so much better than the Soviets....

[a fool in paradise]

And it’s hardly the first time they’ve been caught manipulating (or staging) photos from the Middle East. Recall the photoshopped smoke plumes from Israeli missile strikes. Looked like a Toho Godilla film after they got through with it.

[a fool in paradise]

I thought he had turned to siding with the Islamists against someone last year (or maybe earlier this year).

[magslinger]

The editors have aichmophobia?

[longtermmemmory]

this is more than the second time.

“If its Reuters, its wrong.”

[Snickering Hound]

A Brief Guide to Standards, Photoshop and Captions

http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php/A_Brief_Guide_to_Standards%2C_Photoshop_and_Captions

Jeeez.

[A.A. Cunningham]

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No knives, they didn't have knives, just look at the pictures.

[Eleutheria5]

No. Reuters just doesn’t approve of knives. They could be used to hurt somebody, or justify the use of a gun in self-defense.

[Deb]

And I think it was one of their French cameramen who created the fictional “murder” of the young Palestinian boy who was killed as he cowered with his father during an Israeli fire fight.