[mewzilla]

But the doctored photo doesn't make Beirut look any more wasted than the original.

FWIW, I thought it did. And I'm sure they thought that technique a lot safer than photoshopping a building that would turn out not to have been hit. It's all about nuance. And fortunately, they didn't get it right.

It's just stupid.

Well, if they were all that smart to begin with they wouldn't be shilling for terrorists, would they? It's not as though Reuters was cleaner than Caesar's wife to begin with.

[ReignOfError]

But the doctored photo doesn't make Beirut look any more wasted than the original.

FWIW, I thought it did. And I'm sure they thought that technique a lot safer than photoshopping a building that would turn out not to have been hit. It's all about nuance. And fortunately, they didn't get it right.

I doubt that whoever did that Photoshop job could spell or pronounce nuance. It was a subtle as a haircut with a hedge clipper.

I'm sorry, but I don't think you can accuse someone of ham-fisted propaganda and razor-sharp nuance using the same photo as evidence of both.

[Socratic]

It's not as though Reuters was cleaner than Caesar's wife to begin with.

Especially if the wife was Messalina.