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hyscience.com - 1/11/2009

Something stinks at the WaPo 'again': Palestinian children used as fautography props for casualties

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Clearly, the media loves terrorists and their propaganda. And as expected, now comes the "fauxtography" so prominent in the Lebanon war. and no media outlets love use it more than the AP and the WaPo. > Check out this image carefully. Do you see any blood, dirt, or injuries on the children?  ...

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Power Line — ... Khalil Hamra of the Associated Press is one such photographer. Hamra specializes in "reaction" shots: "Palestinians react after seeing the bodies of relatives...," "Palestinian women react from a window...," "A Palestinian reacts as others tend to the wounded...," and so on. On occasion, Hamra has been accused of fakery. In this photo, taken during the current conflict in Gaza, the man on the left appears to be injured, but the children on the right do not. They look as though they were told to lie down so they could be photographed with the injured man and described as ...