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Reuters admits altering Beirut photo — Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs, photographers point out 'blatant evidence of manipulation' — A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs.
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Reuters:
Reuters drops freelance Lebanese photographer over image — Source: Reuters — LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut.
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Jerusalem Post:
Reuters admits to doctoring Beirut photo — In the most recent in a series of online controversies to take on the mainstream media, a series of Web sites discredited a Reuters photograph of the fighting in Lebanon, forcing the news agency to issue an apology and remove the image from their archives.
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Michelle Malkin:
Reutergate: "Picture kill"
Reutergate: "Picture kill"
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New York Times:
Hezbollah Rocket Kills 12 in Deadliest Blow to Israel — A Hezbollah rocket killed 12 Israeli soldiers today in the deadliest single blow to Israel in nearly a month of fighting, while Israel again pounded Lebanon with airstrikes, killing at least 16 people in another intense …
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel strikes Qana after rocket barrage — KFAR GILADI, Israel - Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest rocket attack on northern Israel on Sunday, killing 12 reserve soldiers with a single missile at this kibbutz and killing at least three people and wounding dozens more with a barrage against Haifa.
Media Matters for America:
ABC's Roberts: "Disaster" for party if Democrats nominate candidate who agrees with Americans on Iraq … During a panel discussion on the August 6 broadcast of ABC's This Week, ABC News chief congressional analyst Cokie Roberts asserted that it would be "a disaster for the Democratic Party" …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Connecticut Primary Is D-Day For Joe Lieberman And The Democratic Party — Tuesday is truly "D-Day" for Joe Lieberman and the Democratic party. — For Lieberman, will it be the day Democrats defeat his re-nomination bid and send him (and others) a message that he is outside what many anti-war …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
What You Need To Know About Diplomacy And Journalism In War — We have been granted a unique opportunity this morning to see the problem with double standards in diplomacy and journalism in war, especially a war that involves Israel and terrorists. Earlier we recounted the utter idiocy …
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced — "Disproportion" is the concept of the moment. Do you know how to play? Let's say 150 missiles are lobbed at northern Israel from the Lebanese village of Qana and the Israelis respond with missiles of their own that kill 28 people.
New York Times:
Lieberman Makes Final Push to Fend Off Lamont — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and his Democratic challenger, Ned Lamont, spent the final Sunday of their Connecticut primary race reaching out to voters at church, while Mr. Lieberman also prepared to deliver a major speech this evening on the war in Iraq.
David Yonke / Toledo Blade:
Creation Museum puts biblical spin on Earth's history — PETERSBURG, Ky. - Steve McConaughy gets goose bumps when he tells people about the Creation Museum. — The $26.4-million facility will not open until spring, but the air-traffic controller from Toledo already has made nine pilgrimages to the suburban Cincinnati site.
Ynetnews:
Israeli Arabs: Finish off Nasrallah — Latest barrage on city of Haifa leaves three killed, dozens wounded. Injured recall: We heard sirens, didn't escape in time. Israeli Arabs agree over Israel's failure to 'finish off' Nasrallah once and for all — Vered Luvitch
New York Times:
A Timetable Isn't an Exit Strategy — As America's military experience in Iraq grows ever more nightmarish, it is becoming clear that President Bush's strategy comes down to this: Keep holding to a failing course for the next 29 months and leave it to the next administration to clean up the mess.
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Classified intelligence bills often are unread — Secret process can discourage House debate — WASHINGTON — Nearly all members of the House of Representatives opted out of a chance to read this year's classified intelligence bill, and then voted on secret provisions they knew almost nothing about.