Palestinian Fauxtography? (BUMPED)
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Final Update on Tank Round: The mystery of the fired round is solved, courtesy "Faux" News?
I'm not sure what my Lightstalking friends are going to think about that little twist, but this is pretty convincing evidence.
I still think the questions regarding what he was doing there and what exactly the IDF was firing at need to be addressed, but this definitely seems to answer any controversy surrounding the circumstances of his death, as the other videos answered the controversy surrounding the "strange" sequence of the wire photos.
As always, I'd love to hear what you think.
Interjection: I think the question that forest asks of our Lightstalkers is important enough to highlight here. He asks, to wit:—
The discussion at Lightstalkers is pretty interesting. I wonder if there could ever be a situation where some of those people would consider that a journalist might have been a bit too chummy with terrorists? Or may actually be a terrorist armed with a camera instead of a gun? I think it's a mindset where advocacy journalism is accepted in place of old fashioned journalistic standards of impartiality.
If they want to advocate, they should get out of professional journalism and start a blog or something.
The highlighted portion is particularly interesting. After all, if professional journalists "embed" themselves with terrorist forces that in the best cases wear no formal uniform—and in the worst, play "dress up"—should we really be surprised if they are eventually mistaken as being a terrorist? Continue reading »
