Dangers await Lebanon returnees (BBC Admits Engaging in Staged Photos)

BBC via LGF ^ | 8/21/06 | Martin Asser

[Republican Red]

These idiots forced a child to pose with a live bomb - and they write about it!

[American Quilter]

These idiots forced a child to pose with a live bomb - and they write about it!

Cue the screaming goblins.

[Mongeaux]

This is what happens when a culture that doesn't care about life meets a culture that doesn't care about truth.

[Red6]

Reckless endangerment and defamation, but who cares right? They're the media and are above the law and ethics.

When the truth is not good enough, just make it up.

[holymoly]

Kind of looks like they used a fish-eye lens, which warps perspective.

I'm no photographer, so that's a guess. The photo simply looks odd to me.

Maybe it's just the artsy-fartsy tilt/angle of the photo (unless the floor of the house actually goes downhill, to the left).

[Peach]

Ping to a shocking article and post #1.

[robertpaulsen]

Republican Red Admits Engaging in Staged Headline

[Republican Red]

Nope. I credited LGF - It is their title and their find.

[hershey]

Bingo.

[thoughtomator]

Just more artistic license to make it seem worse than it is.

[sandbar]

Where is the horrible bombed out homes and buildings in Isreal? Oh wait, I forgot. Lebanon was just sitting there minding it's own business and WHAM, Isreal attacked.

[robertpaulsen]

"I credited LGF"

LG who? What? Where's the link?

What's wrong with the original title?

[Republican Red]

I guess I didn't provide the LGF link for the lazy. I couldn't link to it as a source since it is a blog and blogs get sent to FR purgatory.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22204_BBC_Admits_Engaging_in_Staged_Photos&only

[Michael.SF.]

This is what happens when a culture that doesn't care about life meets a culture that doesn't care about truth.

What does the DNC position on abortion have to do with anything?

[ryan71]

"just missing the TV"

Holy cow, that was close!

[lesser_satan]

Exactly what sort of "bomb" is that anyway? It looks like an artillery shell with the casing still attached, and if that's the case, it was placed there, not dropped by a plane or fired by a gun.

[robertpaulsen]

"and blogs get sent to FR purgatory."

As well they should -- especially those with incorrect headlines, leading to duplicate FR posts.

"I guess I didn't provide the LGF link for the lazy."

Why do you assume my request was due to laziness?

[dirtboy]

Given the extensive and documented history of fraud in the reporting from Lebanon, methinks you ought to take a chill pill on this one. The original title would also not have given readers an indication the the media was up to more of its Lebanese hijinks - and I'm normally a stickler for keeping the title.

[robertpaulsen]

RTFA. "The tailfin - complete with skull-and-crossbones marking - still lies on the roof next to the hole where it broke off."

[ops33]

It doesn't look large enough to weigh 1000 pounds. I do not know how to post a photo, but I did a photo search on Google and found photos of GI's standing next to 500 and 1000 pound bombs. Both look a lot larger than the device depicted in the photo.