Reuters: Yeah we doctor photos, what of it? (2 Viewers)

[BeeemER]

 

[Kwayera]

the fact is that they changed the image in order to be deceitful, "doctoring" or not

Prove it? With doctoring it's clear, but with cropping it's dubious.

 

[Optimus Prime]

removing blood isn't cropping. they doctored the image to appear as if it wasn't there, but the frame was the same. Hence the image has been doctored. If they had just removed it there would be a blank space.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

Ugh whatever, carry on, clearly you don't see a difference between doctoring and cropping.

I do see the difference. I agree there is a difference.

I am saying that him making an error in the thread title is not a good justification for deleting the thread, and that the issue of strategic cropping is worth discussing and once people read the thread they will see that that is what he meant.

 

[Richard Gilmore]

Jock Strap?

Better Question-WTF were you doing looking at his crouch?

checking if he was actually jewish maybe?

 

[Richard Gilmore]

the fact is that they changed the image in order to be deceitful, "doctoring" or not

not really, no.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

not really, no.

We don't really know if it was intentional or not. That's why its worth having a thread about.

Can anyone provide examples of other photos cropped or 'doctored' by Reuters that would give weight to such a claim?

 

[Richard Gilmore]

We don't really know if it was intentional or not. That's why its worth having a thread about.

It's a troll having a go at Reuters based on almost nothing. Seems to me that they focused in on where the action was in that photo: on the IDF retards hilarious facial expression.

Can anyone provide examples of other photos cropped or 'doctored' by Reuters that would give weight to such a claim?

Indeed. I very much doubt that. What possible political agenda could Reuters have? What benefit would it serve?

EDIT: I too think that all threads are good threads and that locking threads is about the worst and dumbest thing a mod could do - especially when she creates barely any threads herself.

 

[Lipin]

I know it wasn't doctoring but it was deceitful editing nonetheless. I think it was intentional, maybe the specific editor who did it is a sympathizer to Hamas/the attempted murder of IDF soldiers etc. and the intention was to further promote the myth that all on board were peace activists and humanitarians. Important details were cropped out.

We don't really know if it was intentional or not. That's why its worth having a thread about.

Can anyone provide examples of other photos cropped or 'doctored' by Reuters that would give weight to such a claim?

Adnan Hajj photographs controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Richard Gilmore]

The wiki article, from what i read (i skimmed it), blamed the photographer and not reuters.

and the photo you provided shows the knife handle down the bottom. it is edited out because it is not the focus of that shot - the facial expression on the mentally handicapped soldier is the focus.

 

[Lipin]

They've now uploaded the uncropped version of the first one but not the second one: Elder of Ziyon: Reuters tries to minimize photo deceptions

 

[Richard Gilmore]

you ought to email vic alhadeff and get that rabid animal onto reuters

 

[Richard Gilmore]

kinda funny how the picture on that ziyon website has cropped its image more than the one you posted here - the one from reuters

lol