Monday, August 07, 2006

Reuters pulls doctored Beirut photo amid uproar

Via ICEJ


Reuters notice to discontinue use of a digitally altered photo. Click the image to read more. (Image: Reuters)Reuters, the UK-based global news agency, admitted Sunday that at least two of its published photos had been digitally edited and, under pressure from critics, "killed" a photo of a Beirut skyline after an Israeli bombing raid - issuing an apology and the original, unedited photo. Adnan Hajj, the photographer credited for the photos and their crude alteration, is the same freelance Lebanese photojournalist responsible for many of the dubious Kfar Kana photos. Click Here to read more.

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