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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
It's a rhetorical question. Why should we believe any picture provided by any side in a conflict has any purpose other than as propaganda for their side? Manipulated, staged, or just pointing the camera a few degrees to the right, and you can present the situation with your own bias.
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Was that a slip?
They're not supposed to represent any sides of a conflict.
These photos were issued by a worldwide news agency. Reuters is supposed to be impartial, not a counter response to show a varied viewpoint. It's not excusable as counter propaganda.
You found two editorials that told you what you wanted to hear - but the photographer, and the faux rescue worker have both admitted to purposely exploiting the corpses. There is video which proves it conclusively. There is also video of the rescue worker interviewed at his own home promtly after the Qana incident, and there are Nasrallah photos on his shelves. Finally, the photographer in question admits to using photoshop to edit the image. How can you even defend that? Why aren't you angry that you're being manipulated by poor ethics? If you're saying Israel does this too, then get a fucking blog, do your own investigation, and prove it - because that's just what people had to do to prove that Reuters, and the AP are carelessly releasing propaganda to libel Israel with. Yet Ziggy's not impressed. He thinks your typical Israeli and your typical Hezbollah supporter are on an equal level. Facism and ethics mean nothing in his world. I'll tell you one thing - you will NEVER see the body of a young Jewish girl paraded by Magen David or Zakka rescue workers - EVER.
What may be lost on you is if they're manipulating photos, think what they might be doing to the news reports themselves? So yes, there is a huge amount of scrutiny being paid towards various "expert sources" and the body of work by certain photographers - and what people are finding is pretty damning.
Oh look, the holy Koran just appeared dangling from the wreckage...damn Zionists! ULULULULULULUH!!!
Credit these photos to one of the Qana stylists working right alongside Hajj. I've said it again and again - when you're really oppressed, and really suffering you don't have to make shit up. You don't have to play it up. When reporters talk about entire cities reduced to rubble, they're not standing in front of a vibrant bustling magic kingdom.
When are you going to run out of rationalizations?