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November 14, 2006
Time Magazine Manipulated Photos
Time Magazine has joined the roster of journalists or media outlets that have manipulated photos during the recent Israeli-Lebanon war. (Hat tip: Little Green Footballs)
Photographer Bruno Stevens revealed that Time Magazine altered the caption of his photo of an allegedly downed Israeli jet.
His original caption read:
Kfar Chima, near Beirut, July 17, 2006 An Israeli Air Force F16 has alledgedly been shot down while bombing a group of Hezbollah owned trucks, at least one of these trucks contained a medium range ground to ground missile launcher.
Stevens subsequently corrected his caption to read:
Kfar Chima, near Beirut, July 17, 2006 The Israeli Air Force bombed a group of Hezbollah chartered trucks parked on the back of large Lebanese Army barracks, at least one of these trucks contained a medium range ground to ground missile launcher, at least one missile was hit, misfiring high into the sky before falling down and starting a huge fire in the barracks’ parking lot.
The photographer's web site also contains pictures clearly showing a medium range missile launcher destroyed by the Israelis during this particular raid on the Lebanese base.
But Time Magazine's caption omitted all mention of the missile launcher, Hizballah's attempt to fire a missile and the reason for Israel's attack, stating only:
The wreckage of a downed Israeli jet that was targeting Hizballah trucks billows smoke behind a Hizballah gunman in Kfar Chima, near Beirut. Jet fuel set the surrounding area ablaze.
Posted by SS at November 14, 2006 02:44 PM
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