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Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive

Hoplite said:
Thats true, but again, the Reuters site shows the picture as being completely intact. I can only assume then that either the original was restored afterwards or that Reuters meant that they had simply cropped the edges, not cropped away the knife.
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They originally published the cropped photo.
The fact that the photo was cropped was discovered.
Reuters apologized and pulled the cropped photo, replacing it with the one you see now.
 
Boo Radley said:
NO, that would not be correct. No truth was hidden (catching others in this response). No one could reasonably be thought to believe anything other then the soldier was attacked by those on the ship. Believing otherwise is sheer fiction.
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The fact that the guys were armed with Combat Knives is still a....... FACT.

A .... FACT... that was hidden by the Reuters photo editor.

Believing otherwise is sheer fiction.
 
So what is this knife doing there? There is no blood on it.
 
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RightinNYC said:
They originally published the cropped photo.
The fact that the photo was cropped was discovered.
Reuters apologized and pulled the cropped photo, replacing it with the one you see now.
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Ok, where is the article that the cropped photo is attached to?
 
Hoplite said:
Umm....has anyone else checked the actual picture on Reuters?

Israel storms Gaza-bound ship | Reuters

It shows the entire picture in both cases
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The answer is here:

Al-Reuters: Sorry! We always crop our photos at the edges. | Washington Examiner

Little Green Footballs compared the Reuters photos to the original images published on the IHH website (IHH is the Hamas-linked charity group which organized the flotilla).

Reuters cropped the photos to remove images of “peace” activists holding knives and standing over bleeding Israeli troops.

Ed Barnes at Fox News has Reuters’ statement on the first photo:

“The images in question were made available in Istanbul, and following normal editorial practice were prepared for dissemination which included cropping at the edges,” the news agency said in a statement. “When we realized that a dagger was inadvertently cropped from the images, Reuters immediately moved the original set as well.”

Reuters has not responded to criticism over a second photo, from which they cropped a bleeding Israeli soldier, a knife, and a pool of blood on the ship’s rail.
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Translation: "We got caught red-handed supporting terrorists and trying to slime Israel."
 
Hoplite said:
Ok, so they made a mistake, admitted it, and fixed it.....I'm failing to see the story here.
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Not much of a story, unless you consider this was not one photo but at least two different photos which were cropped to hide the violence on the part of so-called "peace advocates."

Or perhaps there's an obvious financial motive in pouring oil on the Arab/Israeli conflict. After all, Reuters sells newspapers, and a billion Muslims buy newspapers. Six million Jews, not so many.
 
StevenA59 said:
Not much of a story, unless you consider this was not one photo but at least two different photos which were cropped to hide the violence on the part of so-called "peace advocates."

Or perhaps there's an obvious financial motive in pouring oil on the Arab/Israeli conflict. After all, Reuters sells newspapers, and a billion Muslims buy newspapers. Six million Jews, not so many.
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Oh jesus-freewheeling-christ I'm getting sick of the conspiracy theory crap.
 
Hoplite said:
Oh jesus-freewheeling-christ I'm getting sick of the conspiracy theory crap.
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I'm getting kind of tired of people defending knife-wielding "peace activists."
 
Look, bottom line: Reuters released a photo and were then told that the photo as it was released changed the context of the photo. They immediately apologized and re-released the full photo.

They made a mistake, they got called on it, they fixed it.

There is no story here and I see not one single thing to suggest this was anything other than an honest mistake.
 
Hoplite said:
Look, bottom line: Reuters released a photo and were then told that the photo as it was released changed the context of the photo. They immediately apologized and re-released the full photo.

They made a mistake, they got called on it, they fixed it.

There is no story here and I see not one single thing to suggest this was anything other than an honest mistake.
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Receiving stolen property is illegal, yet also an "honest mistake." Bottom line, Reuters is responsible for the error. We need more than "Oopsie!" from Reuters.
 
StevenA59 said:
Receiving stolen property is illegal, yet also an "honest mistake." Bottom line, Reuters is responsible for the error. We need more than "Oopsie!" from Reuters.
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They admitted and fixed their mistake, what more do you want?
 
StevenA59 said:
Receiving stolen property is illegal, yet also an "honest mistake." Bottom line, Reuters is responsible for the error. We need more than "Oopsie!" from Reuters.
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What type of horrible analogy is this...? Receiving stolen property is only illegal if a person receives knowlingly and willingly. Can you prove Reuters knowingly and willingly removed the knife?
 
Degreez said:
Can you prove Reuters knowingly and willingly removed the knife?
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I would also very much like an answer to this question. Is there proof that Reuters edited the photo for any reason beyond standard post-shot cleanup?
 
Hoplite said:
They admitted and fixed their mistake, what more do you want?
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I didn't say I "want" anything. But since you ask, I want Reuters to be more careful so that they don't publish more terrorist propaganda.
 
Hoplite said:
I would also very much like an answer to this question. Is there proof that Reuters edited the photo for any reason beyond standard post-shot cleanup?
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If your claim is that we can't make accusations because there is no proof of motive, then you are wrong. In fact, the idea that editing out the weapon and blood is "post-shot cleanup" is ludicrous. Any journalist worth a dime knows that is the subject of the photo.
 
StevenA59 said:
If your claim is that we can't make accusations because there is no proof of motive, then you are wrong. In fact, the idea that editing out the weapon and blood is "post-shot cleanup" is ludicrous. Any journalist worth a dime knows that is the subject of the photo.
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Where was blood edited out?

BTW, if you make a claim, that they did this due to bias, you do have to support that claim. YOu can say the cropped the edges. You would be factually correct. But if you say why, you have to offer support. So, when asked where is the support, you either have to provide some, or admit you have none.
 
StevenA59 said:
If your claim is that we can't make accusations because there is no proof of motive, then you are wrong. In fact, the idea that editing out the weapon and blood is "post-shot cleanup" is ludicrous. Any journalist worth a dime knows that is the subject of the photo.
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So you have no proof whatsoever, only your artistic opinion?
 
that's not the only thing Reuters has been messing up!

check out the video just released at ReutersExposed.com about Thomson Reuters and their executives.

actually topical
 
Lawrence1202 said:
that's not the only thing Reuters has been messing up!

check out the video just released at ReutersExposed.com about Thomson Reuters and their executives.

actually topical
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Why didn't you link it?
 
Lawrence1202 said:
that's not the only thing Reuters has been messing up!

check out the video just released at ReutersExposed.com about Thomson Reuters and their executives.

actually topical
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Forget this, I'm done with this conspiracy theory crap
 
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