Wayne Gant, September 9, 2009
Anyone who tampers with evidence in a crime would go
to jail. Treat these photographers just like any other criminal.
These news people, or photographers should have charges filed
on them for giving wrong information for there benefit. This
information is too vital to the human race for some media to falsely
report to us the American people, and the world. This is unexceptable
and they should be punished for fraud. If someone tampers with evidence
in a crime they would go to jail.
Richard, 24/8/2006
More Pulitizer Seeking than anything else
I saw a piece of CNN about the first photo over the weekend. However, I
hadn't seen the others. It doesn't surprise me though. Here's the thing
though. I worked in the former Yugoslavia in the mid 1990's as a
journalist. I saw this kind of thing happen. These photographers aren't
as interested in promoting Hezbollah's cause as they are in advancing
their own careers. Dramatic pictures like that win prizes and awards,
like the Pulitzer. That means big money and even bigger assignments
within their own profession. I honestly believe that it is more likely
that they are thinking about their own self-interest rather than
advancing the greater geo-political cause of Islamic fascism and
encouraging anti-Israeli feeling. Granted, that it's a wrong, unwanted,
and unnecessary byproduct. It's only I think it is a much more crass,
self-centered, personal motivation for financial/professional gain than
part of any orchestrated anti-Israeli campaign. At the most fundamental
level, it's about journalist ethics, not politics or religion.
Gail Johnson, 23/8/2006
I enjoy your site.
Allan O Johnson, 22/8/2006
Finally some truth!!
Michael, 21/8/2006
Fraud.
And it is the American liberal media that allows this to happen. The
media are not friends of the Israel or the Armed forces of the great
U.S.A. fighting a war against terror. The Arabs do no wrong according
to the media.
Anonymous, 21/8/2006
BULLSHIT
1st of all, i believe that REuters is from a country that supported
Israel in the war, so i dont think that it will favor lebanese misery
over Israelian one. Secondly, those pictures may not be real but that
doesnt change the fact that thousands of lebanese died in this war
which oustands by far the number of dead in Israel!! not to forget that
the South Lebanon is nothing more than ruins today....
Michael Miramontes, 20/8/2006
Truth: Is it safe?
All truth is safe and nothing else is safe; and he who keeps back the
truth, or withholds it from men, from motives, or expediency, is either
a coward or a criminal or both. There are those...who tolerate
everything because they believe nothing, therefore let us remember;
people cannot change truth, but truth can change people. The news media
is so quick to sell out their principles, they fail to recognize that
the world knows they are morally bankrupt. The use of doctored pictures
is nothing new for we still remember when NBC participated in fraud
when they rigged tests of GM trucks and their gas tanks. The fact that
CNN was caught, just proves how biased they are against Israel. Where
are their retractions or apologies? They are like CBS for it was the
bloggers who caught them and may be sorry, not because they committed a
moral wrong, but because they were caught. It's too bad they are void
of virture for they cannot withstand the highest bidder. Remember, one
may be better than his reputation, but never better than his
principles. Obviously they have none. Need we say more?
Colin McLaren, 20/8/2006
Comment on John's comment 8/19/2006
Did your IQ drop dramatically while you were watching this video or due
you even have one above 1. This woman was staged, there was no
suffering by this woman. More than likely niether dwelling were even
hers at all. And where is your comment on the hezbollah about them
staging this "suffering of a human being" for a photographer so they
could lie about what's really happening there or in your words 'to make
a political point'. It's stupid people like you that don't think first
that these photo's are aimed at. START YOUR BRAIN BEFORE PUTTING YOUR
MOUTH IN GEAR. Jeees, I get tired of your kind.
John, 19/8/2006
false reporting
I think it's sick that aish.com would show the photos of that Lebanese
woman in their video. It's one thing to point out some discrepancies in
the photos of a major news outlet; it's quite another to exploit the
suffering of a human being to make a political point. Aish.com should
focus more on the story and less on the trivial details. The fact that
Reuters doctored some of their photos is secondary to the fact that
there was immense destruction inflicted during the war. Half a million
refugees were displaced on both sides. Israel had a ten-to-one kill
ratio: ten Lebanese were killed for every Israeli killed. That's the
reality of the war. Get it straight.
Anonymous, 16/8/2006
A demonstration that Terrorists cannot be trusted
I have long known the kind of people in Lebanon who hold that the
destruction of Israel is more important than the truth. The truth is
inconvienient to the spread of Islam, and so this distortion of it does
not surprise me. I wish that our Western news outlets would notice this
kind of thing though. It saddens me that there can never be justice or
stability for the Muslims in Lebanon, West Bank, and Gaza because they
hold too much hatred of their neighbors to care about truth, honor, or
peace. May Israel find in itself the strength to stand against Muslim
murderers and Muslim lies.
ross, 16/8/2006
A grain of truth smotherd with lies
The manufacturing and enhancing of pictures is demostration of a lack
of ethics that sadly I now expect from almost all media outlets. Thank
you for this interesting article
ray, 15/8/2006
addition at end:you won't find the human rights group attacking
Hizbulla over their "war crimes" against civilians.
Vicki, 15/8/2006
Thank you for the articles
I really like readings from this website. While Your website does a
good job of writing articles with honesty and insight. Keep up the good
work.
Anonymous, 14/8/2006
wish you Israeal cleaan Hizbelhh from Lebanon
well done youe explenation re meadia frud
Anonymous, 14/8/2006
GIVE ME A BREAK
can i ask a question?rnt u ashamed from what u r just saying?r u trying
to say...that the lebanese ...those ppl whos being attacked by the
israeli planes all overy the day..r going to fake pics?and pose like
dead?i just dont know what r u saying?r u just serious?GIVE ME A BREAK
Anonymous, 14/8/2006
Thanks for setting the record straight.
Glad to see that you are able to show the deception practiced by so
many of the so called news agencies.
alan, 13/8/2006
worth reading
should be on CNNInternational to counter their anti-Israel/anti-semetic
propaganda!
JT, 13/8/2006
Twisted Media
It's the media again making the bad guys look like victims and the good
guys (military and police) look like the suspects. Why they need to
twist the truth is beyond me. Just show and report what is actually
happening.
Brad Neufeld, 13/8/2006
Photo Fraud in Lebanon -- Woman
After seeing your video titled "Photo Fraud in Lebanon", I was shocked
to see (what I believe to be) the very same woman in the most recent
print edition of Macleans magazine in Canada. The August 14, 2006
edition has an article written by Barbara Amiel titled "Hezbollah give
up its arms? Is the tooth fairy real?" at page 9. Inset in the print
edition ONLY is an AFP photo credited to Anwar Amro in which a woman
holds a gun in each hand standing in front of a Hezbolla flag. Her
resemblance to the woman shown in the Photo Fraud video is uncanny.
While I do not have the expertise to prove that this is the same woman,
I thought your office might want to investigate this further. The
caption under the photo reads: "Hezbollah Supporter: not as 'foggy' as
the EU".
Anonymous, 13/8/2006
Massive counter publicity required
Israel must massively counter the malicious,exagerated and fraudulent
"news" in all possible media around the world as arabs and other
countries do.It is true that when you repeat a lie enouh times it
becomes true to the public(even to the authorities and people who know
better.There are expert in this area.Israel must jump ahead of these
lies and create a matrix of opinion in the world favorable to
itself,agresively,macciavelicaly.How to make this comment reach the
agencies in Israel and the States that can do something about it?I have
lived in my own experience this convincing the public with lies in a
very skillfull and terrible way in Venezuela.The batle has to be faught
in this area stratigacaly too!