Reply #143: In googling...

[MrPrax]

I could really only find the Ynet story being the source...so far...it looks like salting to me, but I can't be sure, as it is only the usual suspect far right sites like LGF and Judeascope.

JPost has a lengthy story on this which traces the controversy back to the diligence of American bloggers, but does manage to make the story more about how the Western media is bias towards Israel

But this Pajamas Media site is 'diligently' finding other photos with a lot of background on the photographer:

Reuters Doctoring Beirut Photos (Updated)

Critical Update: Reuters admits photo doctored, suspends another employee for death threat.

Scroll down for other updates.

The photo below is attributed to Adnan Hajj, of the Reuters news agency. The photo alleges to show smoke covering the Beirut sky. The problem with the photo is that it is that it has been doctored to make it appear that an Israeli missile strike did much more damage than it actually did.

Adnan Hajj also took the photos of dead children at Qana. Allegations have arisen that the Qana photos were part of a staged event put on by Hezbollah operatives.

There is no doubt that the photo below is doctored. And not very well. It uses a common Photoshop technique called cloning, where one part of a picture is copied and replicated onto another part of the photo. The billowing smoke and several buildings in the photo are clones of other parts of the photo.

Jawa Report

Similar advocacy tone as the JPost article -- crude attempt to undermine reporting on the Lebanese side of the conflict...which of course makes Israel look bad, which Israel doesn't want.