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Reuters admits altering Beirut photo
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 06.08.06, 20:00
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91. #5!! 2004- French killed 27 civilians....
Z Lando ,   Tekoa, Israel   (08.06.06)
In November 2004, The Ivory Coast Air Force attacked rebel concentrations. Since when does anybody count black people at all? That’s it, to the bombers’ bad luck 9 French were killed by accident. Soldiers. Not civilians. The French were angry. So angry that they wiped out the entire Ivory Coat Air Force and took control of the country’s airport. And that was only the beginning. When it was the natives’ turn to get angry, the French were sure to enforce order in a very aggressive way, which included killing 27 protesters.
92. # 35 schulz, bad germany - pure hatred against turks + arabs
gerd schulz ,   germany   (08.06.06)
same person wrote the following: 24.   very good to accept a little time: when I was a little girl, we had a Olmnuetzer Muetzchen in the town, it was from army, but on these day, when we ask him by his tree or more kippas, pa was very engry, we had him struck, the armist was very strong for the future, we saw not more to much kippas, wich was his love. When I saw this dark kippa from Ehud Olmert, I remember me, that time to speak was finished, but time to strike, to war, to victory has begin! God bless you!     Schulz ,   Berlin   (07.31.06)     Olmert: No ceasefire in near future     http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284354,00.html
93. full page advert to retract the photo
arie   (08.06.06)
In every place the photo was printed we need a full frount page advert explaining why reuters did it
94. MSM are not dupes - it's intentional
Gil ,   London   (08.06.06)
Wake up people! The anti-Israeli and anti-semitic MSM e.g. BBC, Guardian, Reuters are not negligent. They are intentionally assisting Israel's enemies. Their appetite for Jewish blood has been whetted.
95. # 72 - nice name (you chicken!)
gerd schulz ,   germany   (08.06.06)
96. Innocent Civilians
Watcher ,   USA   (08.06.06)
There will be collarteral damage in all wars. The Lebanese civilians have been more privileged than most during war; they've been warned to leave. Why is it the people like you Jew/Isreal haters can continually get away with calling Isreal the aggressor(s) when it was clearly Hezbullah (KNOWN TERRORIST GROUP - that murders innocent woman, children - Jews) who created this quagmire that Isreal finds themselves waste deep in today? Furthermore, there are two facts no matter who you think is to blame for the current crisis: 1) If Arabs laid down their weapons today there would be no more violence; 2) If Jews laid down their weapons today, there would be no more Isreal.
97. You are a moron !
Watcher ,   USA   (08.06.06)
Peter, you must be blind and have no sense of reality. Radical Islam will be the end of you country as well as all of those countries who are considered "Western cultures". If you, and those like you who believe Muslims are good, caring, peace loving people don't wake up, you will be exterminated just like the 3000+ people who died in the Twin Towers in New York - WAKE UP !
98. Silly Attempt to Fool People
Steve P ,   Portage, IN   (08.06.06)
I Guess the "photographer" missed the leson on doctoring photos in a convicing way that day at the Madrasa...
99. Main news mute about Reuters photo fraud
Ibrahim ,   S. Arabia   (08.06.06)
It is very interesting that NO references by any major news outlets exist up to now about the Reuters doctored photo of Beirut. A Google "News" search returns almost nothing about it so far.
100. Littlegreenfootballs = hatesite
jheka ,   Washington, D.C.   (08.06.06)
Do not visit littlegreenfootballs. They are an anti-Muslim hate site currently under investigation by the FBI for threats in their comment section. Site owner Charles Johnson is a well known southern California xenophobe and has been rumored to cross-dress while riding his bicycle. BEWARE!
101. Reuters Fraud
Ray ,   USA   (08.06.06)
Looks like Reuters is going the way of the LA Times, NY Times and Washington Post as fare as credibility and reliabilaty are concerned.
102. Call it what it is: A TERRORIST ATTACK ON ISREAL CIVILIANS
(08.06.06)
Open your eyes, idiot. The terrorist are hiding behind women and children; what do you expect Isreal to do? Stand by and do nothing all the while the terrorist kill innocent civilian kids? Oh, that's right, morons like you and those who think like you, only think it's a tragedy when it's "innocent" lebanese children that are killed...Isreal children are expendable....?!?! WAKE UP ! THESE ARE TERRORIST WHO ATTACKED ISREAL - AND THE US - AND SPAIN - AND LONDON - ETC. ETC. ETC.
103. #82 Terrorists & Their Children
H ,   Jerusalem   (08.06.06)
Well, if they're part of the terrorist group, they deserve the same punishment whether they're children, women or hospitals. They were warned again and again and had the option to fight terrorism or to escape from there. If they don't and are there to protect the terrorists, they willingly are accepting to be Hizballah martyrs. Quite simple! It's time for the world to admit to this. And what do you feel about the scenario mentioned in #22?
104. BouSameer #19
Martin ,   Boston, MA   (08.06.06)
As one of very few American Jews who ever visited your beautiful country, I grieve for the losses suffered by Lebanon at the hands of Hizbullah. I know from talking to many Lebanese friends that the majority of Lebanese despise Hizbullah and know that it is a cancer in their midst. This explains the fact that even though the Shiite population of Lebanon is 43%, Hizbullah only got 11% of the vote in the last election. The Lebanese people are not stupid. They know that Israel left every square centimeter of Lebanon in the year 2000. They know that the United Nations certified Israel's compliance with Security Council resolution 1559two years ago. They know in their hearts that if Hizbullah had not attacked Israel, Israel would never have touched Lebanon. They knew that after Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, it never violated it. They knew that after Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan, Israel never violated it. In fact, Israel would have loved nothing more than a peace treaty with Lebanon and to trade with and invest in a prosperous Lebanon. But when Security Council resoluton 1559 was adopted, Lebanon made a tragic choice. Lebanon chose not to comply with 1559. Rather than suffer a return to the civil war it feared, Lebanon chose to turn a blind eye to the Iranian cancer eating away at it. Lebanon chose instead to allow Hizbullah to arm itself with an arsenal of weapons more powerful than the Lebanese army. Lebanon allowed Hizbullah to turn everything south of Beirut into a military encampment aimed at Israel. Lebanon allowed Hizbullah to continue to attack Israel from Lebanese soil. So, Lebanon, with an army of more than 60,000 men allowed itself to become hostage to 10,000 jihadists. Unfortunately, when you choose to sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas. When you sleep with Katyushas you end up dead.
105. War
Elaine ,   Dallas, USA   (08.06.06)
What everyone seems to forget is this is a WAR - I hope that Israel keeps fighting until they driver the terrorists totally out of Lebannon. The USA should have done the same thing in Iraq, and we would not be there now. I hope Israle does not stop until every terriorist is dead.
106. What, or who, is/are MSM?
Jasmin ,   Haifa   (08.06.06)
107. Jeremiah at #44
David ,   Austin, TX   (08.06.06)
>>>"Ynet citing nutjob right-wing blogs. Why am I not surprised." Reuters pulled the photos, but who cares. Because what matters to you aren't the facts or the truth, but who cites who.
108. EVERYONE, please DIGG this article at digg.com !!!!
Oded S.   (08.06.06)
http://digg.com/politics/US_Blogs_Reuters_doctored_Beirut_photo
109. Israili Habit - is Saudi Arabia stupidity
(08.06.06)
International media is no where near "neutral"...besides, all media tends to be biased against Isreal. You should know, your country is the world's worst...
110. To Farouk, No. 6
Jasmin ,   Haifa   (08.06.06)
Maybe in Jeruslem you're not feeling it, but we here in Haifa, and our family members in Karmiel, are far too busy running to our shelters to be sitting around "picking our noses."
111. To No.8 Djaziri
Jasmin ,   Haifa   (08.06.06)
Moron.
112. Right-wing blogs
(08.06.06)
So, because the blogs are "pro" Isreal they must be "nutjob right-wing blogs"; shutup and go pick up your welfare check or Katrina relief money - you uneducated loser.
113. gerd schulz, germany
A world citizen ,   USA   (08.06.06)
Based on your earlier postings, it sounds like you have the same mentality as the skinheads in Germany. So sad!...
114. I'll NEVER trust a word that MUSLIMS say.
Carol McBride ,   St Louis, Mo   (08.06.06)
In my opinion, Muslims will lie to advance Islam in the world. I'll never trust anything a Muslim says...or liberals for that matter.
115. to Jasmin in Haifa
Susan ,   Raleigh USA   (08.06.06)
MSM is the Main Stream Media, the reporters and journalists who write for the major media outlets around the world, the big newspaper chains and also the associated press and Reuters news services. They are usually in lock step with one another, and overwhelmingly adopt the same "take" on a story even while claiming to be independent and objective. They are not to be believed in many instances because they do not have a clear picture of their own biases, since most of them come from the same political stance, same class, same elite universities.
116. Durka
Mohammed ,   Iraq   (08.06.06)
Durka Durka, Mohammed Jihad
117. Reuters is just biased - period.
Karen R ,   USA   (08.06.06)
After reading this story I wen't to Reuters site to look for the retraction, but couldn't find it. However, I checked their website "Pictures" feature for other photos. The feature stories on the war pictured almost entirely photos of Lebanese civilians and Israeli soldiers. One of the photos of an Israeli soldier looked doctored too - at least it seemed to have been chosen for its resemblance to the "Satanic Jew" type of illustration the Nazis used. The Having just read the story on the doctored photo distributed by Reuters, I checked their website "Pictures" feature. The feature stories on the war pictured almost entirely photos of Lebanese civilians and Israeli soldiers. One of the photos of an Israeli soldier looked doctored too - at least it seemed to have been chosen for its resemblance to the "Satanic Jew" type of illustration the Nazis used. There's an old Yiddish saying: "A half truth is a whole lie." Reuters is proving this one in spades.
118. Staging a lie
Dave ,   Dallas   (08.06.06)
Those who killed were found together and they the very young along with females. Who was responsible for placing those innocent people there? Did you miss noticing the facts ?
119. Original picture versus edited
Steppingrazor ,   Boston, MA, USA   (08.06.06)
What is sad is that the original picture illustrated its subject well enough without being altered: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n28/Middle_Earth_2006/Reuters/reuters_org_fake_gif.gif But, in altering the photo, the photographer shows major disrespect for journalistic truth, and probable impartiality. That's the issue here.
120. Fake photo up on the reuters. Anyone have link to withdraw ?
Benjamin ,   TA Israel   (08.06.06)
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