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Little Green Footballs:
Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut? — OK, now things are getting weird. — This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop "clone" tool to add more smoke to the image.
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Rob / Left & Right:
Reuters faking photos — Notice how the pattern repeats in the cloud at the top? — That's not the only thing that repeats: — The top red square is just a copy/paste of the lower. — The photo has been doctored, quite badly.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The worst photoshop I've ever seen (Update: More evidence) — Not the very worst, of course. The worst professional-grade photoshop, I mean. It is, as Charles asserts, laughably bad: — Half the time you spend when you use the clone-stamp tool is spent on undoing those repeating patterns to make the image look more realistic.
Michelle Malkin:
Where there's smoke, there's Photoshop? — ***scroll for updates...a reminder about Reuters' news-gathering policy from the Reuters website: "Our policy is to send news to our customers only after scrutiny by a group of production editors who ensure quality standards are maintained across all our news services.
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Reuters Doctoring Photos From Lebanon? — When it comes to matters of forgery, I think Little Green Footballs has established his bona fides. — Even I can see the very suspicious "clonings" of picture elements here. And I'm an idiot. — Decide for yourself.
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Nick Wadhams / Associated Press:
U.S., France OK U.N. Mideast truce pact — UNITED NATIONS - The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked, officials said.
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Benjamin Harvey / Toronto Star:
Hezbollah equipped like the `Syrian or Iranian army' — Israel's enemy is no ragtag militia Anti-tank missiles proving deadly — JERUSALEM—Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps its deadliest weapon in the fighting in Lebanon, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
France, US Agree On Cease-Fire Formulation
France, US Agree On Cease-Fire Formulation
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BBC:
Mexico full poll recount rejected — Mexico's electoral body has rejected a request by left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a full recount of votes from July's disputed election. — Instead, the electoral tribunal's seven judges ordered a partial recount.
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Times of London:
Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa — IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed. — A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was "no doubt" …
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Baghdad's Chaos Raises Questions on U.S. Plan — Over the past year, as American commanders pushed Iraqi forces to take over responsibility for this violent capital, Baghdad became a markedly more dangerous place. — Now the Americans are being forced to call in more of their own troops to bring the city under control.
New York Times:
Washington Deal Maker Details Palm Greasing — WASHINGTON — In 1992, Brent R. Wilkes rented a suite at the Hyatt Hotel a few blocks from the Capitol. In his briefcase was a stack of envelopes for a half-dozen congressmen, each packet containing up to $10,000 in checks.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Anti-war, Anti-Israel, Anti-Joe — You fight the global war against jihadist Islam with the political parties you have. — We have two. One is the Republican party, led by George W. Bush. Its heart and mind are mostly in the right place. Its performance as a governing party in time of war is, admittedly, another matter.
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Best of the Tube Tonight — We're scheduled to appear on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" as part of a "political roundtable." The program airs today at 6 p.m. EDT, with a repeat showing at 4 a.m. tomorrow, and we're told we'll be on in the second half-hour. — Pinin' for the Fjords
Brent Budowsky / The Huffington Post:
Ending the Neoconservative Nightmare — I would encourage all to read the essay by Daniel Levy, a respected — Israeli negotiator, in Haaretz titled "Ending The Neoconservative — Nightmare". In fact it is well worth the effort to reach out and follow — the intelligent debates in the Israeli media, as we continue our