I don’t think the argument is about whether or not it happened, just the source of the photos.
I wish I could remember this better, but about a month ago there was a post here that AP was removing photos like this from their archive almost as fast as they would be entered. I don’t have much familiarity with AP’s archives and I’m throwing this out from memory about a month ago.
I’m sure we all agree that in this type of stuff goes on, but if the evidence is tainted, it becomes a powerful weapon for your enemies.
For the record, I think the photos are legit.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
AP essentially sends photos out in serial fashion - Photos go across a proverbial wire (even though there's generally no "wire" anymore). Retractions and corrections go across the same wire. That was why I was interested in checking my archive (copied off of the feed, not relying on the feed) to see if I had any records of them or the retractions which followed. My archive, regrettably, does not go back far enough, so I was unable to dig any further.
:) ttt
Same here- not only do I recall this incident, but about a year ago (???) 2 Israeli soldiers were "lynched" by a mob- the pictures of mob members waving blood-dipped hands were all over the 'net. A few days ago this incident was again raised here, and someone said they could not locate the photos, which seemed to have "disappeared." Someone found one (!) copy to display on that post.