Hezbollah Supporter -Reuters Doctoring War Photo's

Long a MSM and liberal(Democratic party) icon Reuters has been caught running photo shopped pictures of the war in the Middleast. How long will it take for most people to catch on to the liberal, left, progressive MSM's claims of neutrality?
Digitally altered photograph of the aftermath of an IDF attack on Beirut.
Photo: Reuters

Aug. 6, 2006 18:57 Updated Aug. 7, 2006 13:57


Reuters admits doctoring Beirut photo
By SHEERA CLAIRE FRENKEL
In the most recent in a series of online controversies to take on the mainstream media, a series of Web sites discredited a Reuters photograph of the fighting in Lebanon, forcing the news agency to issue an apology and remove the image from their archives.

The photograph by Adnan Hajj, which shows plumes of smoke rising from downtown Beirut after an IAF bombing, appeared to have been doctored to show more intense smoke and destruction over the city.

The Reuters news agency issued a statement acknowledging that "photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvenience."

Reuters' head of PR Moira Whittle said that "Reuters has suspended a photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to a photograph showing smoke billowing from buildings following an air strike on Beirut. Reuters takes such matters extremely seriously as it is strictly against company editorial policy to alter pictures." Read the rest.