Thursday, August 10, 2006

Bloggers Comb The Wires For Suspicious War Photos

I had hoped that the bombing photo I posted on Monday was an isolated incident.

"In the past week, critics writing online have challenged the accuracy of several news photos from Lebanon, forcing news agencies to correct photo captions and, in one case, fire a photographer. News agencies have corrected a few obvious errors and deny that their photographers would participate in covering staged events." Read Daryl Lang's story at pdnonline.com

© TOP: Issam Kobeisi/Reuters, BOTTOM: Hussein Malla/AP

Two news photos, taken by different photographers two weeks apart, appear to show the same woman.