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Thursday, August 10 2006Editor: Photos From Lebanon Can't Be Trusted
Rank or perhaps willful ignorance of the realities of warfare is also demonstrated by photos such as a car allegedly hit by an Israeli airstrike that looks like it’s been in a bad fender bender, with no sign of the kind of blast damage a car hit by a missile or bomb would have sustained. You’d think after handling three years of war photos out of Iraq, not to mention the many wars of preceding decades, photo editors might be more conversant with the particulars of the subject. Read the full commentary.
TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Editor: Photos From Lebanon Can't Be Trusted: CommentsSadly, it won't make any difference. Most people don't read weblogs and will be unaware of the fakery. Old Media editors will continue to use staged and fake photographs that favor their politically preferred side. The con artists are succeeding. One can only hope that enough of this leaks in to the zeitgeist over time that the American Street realizes how unreal such coverage is. What I find extremely disturbing is the apparent anti-Israeli bias shown by most of the media outlets covering these events. While these organizations(BBC,Reuters. APTN and AFP)profess to adhering to strict objectivity, one would have to be a simpleton not to see the pro-Islamic bias exhibited. It is also obvious that no responsible parties in these same organizations are independently verifying these reports and photographs for accuracy, ultimately undermining any reputation for honest reporting they may have accrued in the past. It is time the public was made aware that Hamas and Hezbollah have the International press wrapped around their little fingers and are orchestrating how and what the public knows about this conflict. My confidence in the accurate, objective reporting by the international press has been destroyed by numerous revelations in the last month or two by bloggers, not the media, regarding faked and staged photographs and APTN's cozy (and lucrative) business dealings with Arab states to provide their version of news events. If it weren't for bloggers like littlegreenfootballs.com we would still be ignorant of the manipulation of public perception by the media. Post a comment[Comments are held for approval before appearing.]
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