Second photo found, Reuters pulls pics

Cory Bergman August 7th, 2006

Reuters says it has found a second photo Photoshopped by freelance photographer Adnan Hajj (first one here). It shows an Israeli warplane dropping three flares, instead of one. And the caption explained they were missiles, not flares. As a result, Reuters has pulled all of Hajj’s 920 photographs. “There is no graver breach of Reuters standards for our photographers than the deliberate manipulation of an image,” said Global Picture Editor Tom Szlukovenyi. Doctored picture below…

14 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Amanda  |  August 7th, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    Dude, someone get this Hajj guy some photoshop lessons…

  • 2. Chris Dawson  |  August 8th, 2006 at 5:36 am

    Just think if he actually knew how to use it!

  • 3. thebeirutchannel  |  August 8th, 2006 at 6:00 am

    which begs the question, “how many BOMBS did this plane drop on innocent civilians after the ONE FLARE???”

  • 4. Stratocaster  |  August 8th, 2006 at 11:15 pm

    Faux-tography? …and the racist email traced to a Reuters computer, too. Yet another blow to objectivity and credibility…more and deserving distrust from everyone to the right of the “Nedheads”.

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