If that is the knife that injured him, it looks to me like he got it with his own knife. That looks more like a military knife than a kitchen knife....that would be some serious serrations for a kitchen knife. I wish they had it at a better angle. It's also hard to tell if there is blood on it or not. They could have also removed it from him rather than that being the instrument used in his injury...
Is the injured soldier wearing a g-string? Eric -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 7:06 AM To: cf-community Subject: Did Reuters Crop a Photo to Remove a Peace Activist's Weapon? http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36488_Did_Reuters_Crop_a_Photo_to_Re move_a_Peace_Activists_Weapon A Turkish newpaper has released photos taken by the "peace activists" http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/GaleriDetay.aspx?cid=36575&p=1&rid=2 aboard the Mavi Marmara, showing them attempting to take injured Israeli soldiers hostage. Here's one of the pictures; notice the knife held by a "peace activist" in the lower right corner: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/ZZ080932F7.jpg And here's the same photo as released by Reuters earlier today: [See http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36488_Did_Reuters_Crop_a_Photo_to_Re move_a_Peace_Activists_Weapon for photo ] That's a very interesting way to crop the photo. Most people would consider that knife an important part of the context. There was a huge controversy over whether the activists were armed. Cropping out a knife, in a picture showing a soldier who's apparently been stabbed, seems like a very odd editorial decision. Unless someone was trying to hide it. And this would not be the first time that Reuters has been caught altering photos for propaganda purposes. [See http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36488_Did_Reuters_Crop_a_Photo_to_Re move_a_Peace_Activists_Weapon for photo ] - Hide quoted text - (Hat tip: KT.) UPDATE at 6/6/10 10:30:02 am: The Associated Press published the picture too - without cropping it: The Associated Press: Turkish group releases photos of Israeli soldiers. www.google.com/hostednews/ap/slideshow/ALeqM5jVq5_qVfEU7G8sQDbjpN64rMmdtQD9G 5TC3G0?index=0&ned=us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
