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Reuters drops freelance Lebanese photographer over image
Reuters ^
| 06 Aug 2006
| Reuters
Posted on 08/06/2006 2:51:43 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut.
The photograph by Adnan Hajj, which was published on news Web sites on Saturday, showed thick black smoke rising above buildings in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid in the war with the Shi'ite Islamic group Hizbollah, now in its fourth week.
Reuters withdrew the doctored image on Sunday and replaced it with the unaltered photograph after several news blogs said it had been manipulated using Photoshop software to show more smoke.
Reuters has strict standards of accuracy that bar the manipulation of images in ways that mislead the viewer.
"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.
He was among several photographers from the main international news agencies whose images of a dead child being held up by a rescuer in the village of Qana, south Lebanon, after an Israeli air strike on July 30 have been challenged by blogs critical of the mainstream media's coverage of the Middle East conflict.
Reuters and other news organisations reviewed those images and have all rejected allegations that the photographs were staged.
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To: Irish Eyes
Voldemort and his Death Eaters are on the march again. And I don't think the "unforgivable spell" law applies to terrorists.
Cruciatis Hezbolicas!
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posted on
08/06/2006 4:10:16 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: Dallas59
looking at the unaltered photo, I am somewhat surprised he bothered to alter it. There is plenty of dark smoke, if that is what he wanted.
To: PajamaTruthMafia
Reuters has strict standards of accuracy that bar the manipulation of images in ways that mislead the viewer. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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posted on
08/06/2006 4:11:12 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Da Mav
To: SJackson
He must have gone to the Dan Rather school for photographers. It's fake but still true.
To: PajamaTruthMafia
...and he was drinking a lot of iced tea at the time!
106
posted on
08/06/2006 4:15:25 PM PDT
by
Jumpmaster
(Teddy is all wet.)
To: Da Mav
To: PajamaTruthMafia
I'm sure Dan Rather stands behind the images, though.
108
posted on
08/06/2006 4:21:41 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Tom Gallagher, the anti-Crist [FL 2006 Governor race])
To: PajamaTruthMafia
"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," I call BS. Ambient lighting conditions will not reduce screen brightness and resolution.
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posted on
08/06/2006 4:23:39 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Da Mav; humblegunner
To: PajamaTruthMafia
"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. What a Lame Excuse!
To: PajamaTruthMafia
To: SJackson
"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. She should be fired for telling such a blatent lie. Even a mole could see that this was not 'dust' removal.
To: PajamaTruthMafia
This is only the time this photographer was caught. How many others are out there?
How many other photographers work for reuters and do the same type of trick?
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posted on
08/06/2006 4:30:11 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: mewzilla
Reuters is big on detail, puny on substance. Any of their releases have 8/5/06 Israeli dead and wounded?
To: PajamaTruthMafia
Thanks! I clicked the links and got the names of the photographers:
Issam Kobeisi
Hussein Malla
Sharif Karem
Adan Haqq
Hussein Saad
Ben Curtis
Zohra Beserma
Kevin "Bread Truck" Frayer
Reuters is Ali Baba and here is a partial list of his 40 Thieves. It boggles the mind how freakin' stupid these people are...a baby milk factory in Afghanistan, a bread truck in Lebanon, a lone wedding dress on a mannequin amid the rubble. Oh yeah, cry me a river. What a stinking bunch of liars the kit kit kit Muslims are!
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posted on
08/06/2006 4:32:10 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: Dallas59
To: Hound of the Baskervilles
"The light comes FROM the monitor. You don't need any light in the room at all to see the MONITOR."
Yup. They're spewing horse twaddle. In fact, the room we did our graphic work in was dimmed to help with our color correcting.
To: PajamaTruthMafia
It seems Reuters isn't the only one 'reassigning' personel.
Interesting tidbit from the Sunday Morning News Talk programs thread:
###### FNC Sheperd Smith was recalled from the Middle East earlier than planned replacing Trace Gallagher on Jeniffer Griffin's suggestion.
I watched one of Shep's broadcasts. He was with Jeniffer. Shep had been there for over a week (IIRC), giving his rants-disguised-as-reports. Griffin, in this broadcast, was giving Shep a history lesson of the region, the elements of the conflict, the players, etc. It was obvious Shep was lacking in that knowledge.
After the Griffin history lesson, in later reporting, Shep reverted to his rants-disguised-as-reports.
[Glad to see Griffin has the influence to get Shep sent home. I also noticed that Hemmer was back in the studio late last week. I did find Hemmer's reports informative without the emotional rants Shep tended to show.]
119
posted on
08/06/2006 4:45:12 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Da Mav
ROTFLMAO!!!
GHG is everywhere!
120
posted on
08/06/2006 4:51:09 PM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
(Look for the Union label--on the tunnel ceiling as it smashes your car!)
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