Tony Bennett

That list of venues and times for the protest against Israeli 'aggression' in Lebanon published by the BBC was very telling, well spotted, mkpdavies. It would undoubtedly merit a complaint to the BBC web editor.

I have posted a number of items relating to BBC and media bias in the Israel-Lebanon issue over on the 'Israel and Lebanon' thread under 'Policy Ideas and Suggestions'.

For those wishing to explore the issue of media bias on Israel/Lebanon further, including the suspension yesterday of an Arab Reuters photographer, Adnan Hajj, by Reuters for having faked *at least* two photos which Reuters have sent round world wide, and to explore further this story (below) about the same apparently grief-stricken Lebanese woman being used in photographs - with her apparently anguished crying - twice two weeks apart in completely different locations, please visit Richard North's eureferendum blogspot and search through the various Lebanon-related threads on the forum at:

http://www.eureferendum.com/forum/vi...r=asc&start=90

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THE SAME WOMAN ON TWO PHOTOGRAPHS (visit eureferendum blogspot for the images)

1. A Lebanese woman wails after looking at the wreckage of her apartment, in a building, that was demolished by the Israeli attacks in southern Beirut July 22, 2006. Photo: REUTERS/Issam Kobeisi


2. A Lebanese woman reacts at the destruction after she came to inspect her house in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, after Israeli warplanes repeatedly bombed the area overnight.

(AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)

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P.S. This story is developing rapidly; Reuers have now withdrawn all 920 photos by this lying Arab, see:

Power Line / Staging and Faking

Breaking news: Reuters has withdrawn all 920 photographs taken by Lebanese freelancer Adnan Hajj from its database. Reuters confirms that two images by Hajj have been digitally altered, as bloggers pointed out over the weekend. ... #

Gateway Pundit / Reuters Yanks Adnan Hajj Photos!

Reuters is busted!! They are yanking all of the work from propaganda photographer, Adnan Hajj! Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah. ... #

Riehl World View / riehlworldview.com

Update : Reuters pulling all photos by Adnan Hajj. Over 900 of them. That all depends on how you look at it, I suppose. Or how one dates a photograph. ... #

More discussion from:
http://plusultrablog.com http://okieonthelam.com http://mikesnoise.typepad.com

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And see also tonight's Washington post...

Reuters withdraws all photos by freelancer
Monday, August 7, 2006; 12:20 PM

LONDON - Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah.

Global Picture Editor Tom Szlukovenyi called the measure precautionary but said the fact that two of the images by photographer Adnan Hajj had been manipulated undermined trust in his entire body of work.

"There is no graver breach of Reuters standards for our photographers than the deliberate manipulation of an image," Szlukovenyi said in a statement.

"Reuters has zero tolerance for any doctoring of pictures and constantly reminds its photographers, both staff and freelance, of this strict and unalterable policy."

Reuters had tightened editing procedures for photographs from the conflict and apologized for the case.Removing the images from the Reuters database excludes them from future sale.

Reuters ended its relationship with Hajj on Sunday after it found that a photograph he had taken of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on suburban Beirut had been manipulated using Photoshop software to show more and darker smoke rising from buildings.

An immediate enquiry began into Hajj's other work.

It established on Monday that a photograph of an Israeli F-16 fighter over Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon and dated Aug 2, had also been doctored to increase the number of flares dropped by the plane from one to three.

"Manipulating photographs in this way is entirely unacceptable and contrary to all the principles consistently held by Reuters throughout its long and distinguished history. It undermines not only our reputation but also the good name of all our photographers," Szlukovenyi said.

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