Having had to quietly pull cropped and photoshopped images that hid jihadist violence on the Marmara, images that were edited in explicit violation of their ethics guidelines, Reuters is now quietly reissuing the full undoctored photos. And adding this kind of crap in the captions:
Pro-Palestinian activists hold down an Israeli commando on the Gaza-bound Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea early May 31, 2010. Israeli marines stormed the Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza on Monday and nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a diplomatic crisis and an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.
“Activists” were “holding down” the Israelis who “stormed” their “aid ship.” That’s a second stab at objectivity, from a media outlet that’s theoretically overcompensating for the functionally doctored propaganda they just got caught publishing.
We’re in the midst of a solidly theorized cycle of populist scapegoating, wherein global populations in confused decline are seeking a readily identifiable victim that can be pinpointed as the source of all their problems. Eliminate the scapegoat, the psychology goes, and you eliminate all the problems. Eliminate Israel, the hope is, and you eliminate Muslim discontent all the way from Afghanistan to the capitals of Old Europe.
Can you imagine how surreal the backlash is going to be when they find out they’re wrong? At the very least this much, right?
References:
* Did Reuters Crop a Photo to Remove a Peace Activist’s Weapon? [LGF]
* Another Cropped Reuters Photo Deletes Another Knife – And a Pool of Blood [LGF]
* Reuters Quietly Releasing Uncropped Photos [LGF]
* Pro-Palestinian activists hold down an Israeli commando on the Gaza-bound Turkish ship Mavi Marmara [Reuters Pictures]
* Pro-Palestinian activists hold down an Israeli commando on the Gaza-bound Turkish ship Mavi Marmara [Reuters Pictures]
* Orthodox Los Angeles Rabbi: Israel Must Help Palestinians Screw Israel In Negotiations Because It’s The Right Thing To Do (Plus: The Anti-Semitic Fantasy Of Jewish Purity That Guarantees Unending War) [Mere Rhetoric]
* News Flash 2015: Eradicated Israel Still Blamed for World Problems [HuffPo]
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* Media Bias
* Anti-Israel Journalism
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