Sunday, August 06, 2006
ABC LESS SAVVY THAN LGF
Many hours after Little Green Footballs exposed a crudely doctored Reuters image of destruction in Beirut, Australia’s ABC runs the fake picture:
The image—click over to LGF for analysis of the fakery—is running despite Reuters issuing a retraction:
PICTURE KILL FOR LBN20 TRANSMITTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1408GMT ON AUGUST 5, 2006. PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE WAS IMPROPERLY USED ON THIS IMAGE. A CORRECTED VERSION WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS ADVISORY. PLEASE REMOVE THE IMAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEMS. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. REUTERS LBN20 Smoke billows from burning buildings destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut’s suburbs August 5, 2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack. REUTERS/Adnan Hajj (LEBANON) REUTERS NEWS PICTURES
Maybe the ABC will replace it with this:
(Via Martin G. and Dr. Sam)
UPDATE. About nine hours after Reuters requested that the photoshopped image be removed, and following mention of the scam by hundreds of blogs, the ABC finally acts.
UPDATE II. Yet more trouble for Reuters. And more trouble still.