Comments on: More Information, More Sources, Less Clarity http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/ Dissecting What You Choose to Ignore Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:39:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Cynics Unlimited » Blog Archive » Reuters Drops the Ball http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-639 Cynics Unlimited » Blog Archive » Reuters Drops the Ball Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:22:36 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-639 [...] Merely days after CU expressed reservations about the accuracy media coverage in the Middle East, a new controversy has erupted: Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut. The photograph by Adnan Hajj, which was published on news websites on Saturday, showed thick black smoke rising above buildings in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid in the war with the Shiite Islamic group Hezbollah, now in its fourth week. “The photographer has denied deliberately attempting to manipulate the image, saying that he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under,” said Moira Whittle, the head of public relations for Reuters. [...] [...] Merely days after CU expressed reservations about the accuracy media coverage in the Middle East, a new controversy has erupted: Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut. The photograph by Adnan Hajj, which was published on news websites on Saturday, showed thick black smoke rising above buildings in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid in the war with the Shiite Islamic group Hezbollah, now in its fourth week. “The photographer has denied deliberately attempting to manipulate the image, saying that he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under,” said Moira Whittle, the head of public relations for Reuters. [...] ]]> By: Jack’s Newswatch http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-616 Jack’s Newswatch Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:04:08 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-616 [...] Jack of Jack’s Newswatch takes a moment to ponder the media’s objectivity concerning the recent Israeli attack on Qana: Lately I’ve been trying to focus on the situation in Israel and the misleading press reports that are being constantly pumped out by CNN, Reuters, AP and many others. I truly wonder whose side they’re on and I would “just betcha” that if the homes or families of any of these “honest” reporters were threatened in the manner that Israeli citizens are now being threatened we’d soon get an entirely different picture of the situation. … I should point out now that that I have reasonable cause to believe (and do believe) that news outlets deliberately fail to tell the motoring public all that is known about a news event for reasons which are highly suspect (and completely unexplainable). A good “for instance” is the important information developed by very hardworking bloggers on the situation in Qana. I’ve been following it for days because I am also aware of the situation in the Palestinian territories wherein a criminal organization made up an entirely false story and claimed a massacre that never happened. [...] [...] Jack of Jack’s Newswatch takes a moment to ponder the media’s objectivity concerning the recent Israeli attack on Qana: Lately I’ve been trying to focus on the situation in Israel and the misleading press reports that are being constantly pumped out by CNN, Reuters, AP and many others. I truly wonder whose side they’re on and I would “just betcha” that if the homes or families of any of these “honest” reporters were threatened in the manner that Israeli citizens are now being threatened we’d soon get an entirely different picture of the situation. … I should point out now that that I have reasonable cause to believe (and do believe) that news outlets deliberately fail to tell the motoring public all that is known about a news event for reasons which are highly suspect (and completely unexplainable). A good “for instance” is the important information developed by very hardworking bloggers on the situation in Qana. I’ve been following it for days because I am also aware of the situation in the Palestinian territories wherein a criminal organization made up an entirely false story and claimed a massacre that never happened. [...] ]]> By: Jack http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-615 Jack Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:00:24 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/08/04/more-information-more-sources-less-clarity/#comment-615 Excellent! I was just trying to think up something along the same lines myself. I noted this PM that a report of "farm workers killed by Israeli bombs" broadcast by CTV and reported in Reuters has had no mention in AP or AFP. Fox News and CNN also appear to have disregarded the claim. You may want to follow that up and update this entry with your thoughts. For now I'm linking. Take care... Excellent!

I was just trying to think up something along the same lines myself. I noted this PM that a report of “farm workers killed by Israeli bombs” broadcast by CTV and reported in Reuters has had no mention in AP or AFP. Fox News and CNN also appear to have disregarded the claim. You may want to follow that up and update this entry with your thoughts. For now I’m linking.

Take care…

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