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A comment on today's red-hot revelation that Reuters has admitted that one of its photos, originally taken by one of the Qana photographers, was faked:
Just five days ago, in response to accusations that the Qana event was partially or entirely staged by Hezbollah, with possible collusion from wire service photographers, AP Sr. VP and Executive Editor Kathleen Caroll based its defense on the professionalism of its photographers:
Carroll said in addition to personally speaking with photo editors, "I also know from 30 years of experience in this business that you can't get competitive journalists to participate in the kind of (staging) experience that is being described."
Photographers are experienced in recognizing when someone is trying to stage something for their benefit, she said.
Reuter's admission today that a photo was clumsily faked at some point prior to publication, shows that this supposed trustworthiness of wire service photographs is a matter of theory only, and cannot be relied on in fact.
