NPR picks up on altered Reuters photo
Bookworm on Aug 08 2006 at 1:40 pm | Filed under: Hezbollah, Media matters
NPR ran a short segment on the faked Reuters photos, using an interview with a Reuter’s photoeditor. It soft pedals the whole thing, including omitting any mention about Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs, which exposed the fraud; and letting stand unchallenged the photographer’s new claim, not that it was a mistake, but that he was just making the photo better. Nevertheless, the story is sufficiently accurate with the facts it does report that it might pique thinking people into exploring the matter further.
Interestingly, the story implies that Hajj, because he is Lebanese, just can’t be expected to know the finer points of not lying and faking when submitting photographs to a major news organization. Neither Renee Montagne, of NPR, nor Garry Hershorn, the Reuters photoeditor, seem at all upset at having been played for fools.
Talking to Technorati: Adnan Hajj, Reuters, Faked photographs, Altered photographs
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re: “Interestingly, the story implies that Hajj, because he is Lebanese, just can’t be expected to know the finer points of not lying and faking when submitting photographs to a major news organization.”
Ah. Of course. The bigotry of lowered expectations.
How… veddy civilized of them.
They are the annointed, the Lebanese are the victims.
Does anyone on NPR ever get upset? I doubt any event could puncture the complacency of NPR reporters or their audience. It’s audio-valium.
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NPR news stories (as opposed to features) seem always to adopt a National Geographic or Wild Kingdom tone when talking to or about anyone outside the Birkenstockosphere. The reporters seem to think they’re bringing the world together by highlighting news stories for their listeners, but that supposition mistakes condescension for glue. One can’t promote harmony by being insufferable.
“Neither Renee Montagne, of NPR, nor Garry Hershorn, the Reuters photoedit, seem at all upset at having been played for fools.”
Of course they’re not upset. He supports their agenda. They practice advocacy journalism. They don’t believe in objective truth…
‘Facts’ are only relevent when supporting their point of view.
Any facts or rationale contradicting the underlying perceptions that give rise to their agenda is at best mistaken…and quite possibly ‘proof’ of unethical intentions.
People, remember your school lessons, there is no absolute truth.