Reuters drops freelance Lebanese photographer over image

Reuters ^ | 06 Aug 2006 | Reuters

[PajamaTruthMafia]

How deep is the rabbit hole?

The return of Green Helmet
http://www.eureferendum.blogspot.com/

The unluckiest woman in the World?
http://drinkingfromhome.blogspot.com/2006/08/extreme-makeover-beirut-edition.html

Another Hajj Photo That Should Be Retracted (Seriously)
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/189537.php

[kcmt01]

You've nailed it; they didn't can him for doctoring an image, the canned him for being lousy at it.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

He broke the Reuter's code: Don't get caught.

[CyberAnt]

Why hasn't somebody posted the altered and unaltered photos ..??

The hubris of Reuters for assuming we are too stupid to notice their BIASED reporting.

[mewzilla]

and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under,"

Bad lighting conditions, huh? Just where the heck was this pic shot from, anyone know? Is there some vantage point that overlooks the city of Beirut?

[RetiredArmy]

They ACTUALLY have standards? I didn't know terrorists, their sympathizers or democrats had standards?

[TASMANIANRED]

Someone needs to go capture quickly.

I saw a link to all his submissions earlier. Others of them had been tampered with.

I'm a dweeb and can't do it.

[ovrtaxt]

Dear Earth,

We're sorry we got caught.

Sincerely,
Reuters

[TomGuy]

"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,"

Yeh, right!

LOL

Is his photographer related to Baghdad Bob?

[mewzilla]

I didn't know terrorists, their sympathizers or democrats had standards?

Joseph Goebbels'.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The photographer has denied deliberately attempting to manipulate the image, saying that he was trying to remove dust marks...

He did a good job - he covered them up with all that extra smoke. ;)

[Exit148]

It took news bloggers to bring it to their attention? They couldn't police it themselves?

[dennisw]

TAQIYYA!! --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya

Adnaj Hajj is a taqiyya master. Taqiyya means telling lies to the non-Muslim

Adnaj Hajj will be replaced by another rotten propagandist. Or he'll get re-hired under another name. BECAUSE this guy has the right terrorist connections to get the right propaganda photos

[umgud]

When caught, Reuters has strict standards of accuracy that bar the manipulation of images in ways that mislead the viewer.

[TASMANIANRED]

That last set needs barf alerts...

Fake, Fake, Fake

[CyberAnt]

I have answered my own question - here is a comparison of both photos which is excellent:

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/06/reuters-and-the-cloned-blown-smoke/

[Osage Orange]

Reuter standards are much like the 11th Commandment : DON'T GET CAUGHT.

Kinda like ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC's et al....

[LibSnubber]

And what "dust marks" was stupid trying to get rid of? Dust marks off of digital pics or perhaps dust marks that were getting in the way of all the smoke he wanted seen in the pics?

[RetiredArmy]

10-4, roger that.

[blam]

"Reuters and other news organisations reviewed those images and have all rejected allegations that the photographs were staged."

More work to be done?