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Aug 07, 2006

Where There's Smoke

Beirut-Original

Beirutphotoshop

If you'll indulge me, I'm still finish up an analysis on the "photo doctoring" story that broke late yesterday.

The shot above is Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj's original photo of an Israeli air strike, taken two days ago.  The one below is the photoshopped version that got him fired yesterday.

I need to crash before it gets any later, take care of some morning business, and then I'll pull the piece together.  As of now, I don't know if my thesis is crazy, or I have a pretty sound theory about a photographer who has gone a little crazy.  (Of course, there always the wingnut theory that Hajj is simply a Hezbollah sympathizer.)

I'll be back with the goods around noon (PST).