Snapped Shot

From an (cr)AP article, comes this bit of news...

[...] Israel [...] militants [...] attacks [...] blockade ...

Hmm, dang, that didn't come out right. Let me try again...

Gaza militants [...] bruising [...] people ...

Shoot. Nope. That ain't it.

Intense [...] air [...] underscored [...] navy...

Dang it!! I can't seem to get this right. Ok, one more time...

Gaza [...] pulls [...] out [...] Gaza...

[...] militants [...] raid [...] snapped [...] shot...

THAT'S IT!! Yeah, that one got the gist of the article perfectly. I am so glad I can use up to four words now free of charge. I can now perfectly express what the writers of this (cr)AP article were intent on saying and sharing with us their readers. So, AMY TEIBEL, how does it feel to be quoted saying these things? And did you really see militants raid SnappedShot central?

Thank you for coming to class today. Today, we are going to discuss the proper, or rather the improper, use of file photos. As you know, file photos are shots that are used to generally display the topic of your article. For example, if one were to talk of whales and cite a recent research showing their grissly death due to global warming, you could find a file photo of a nice happy whale swimming in the sea. You have to make sure that the whale is of the same species that your article is referring to. And, preferably, in the same body of water or region.

So, for our first real example, I give you this webpage. Now, in case Ma'an News decides to correct their mistake, I have created a screen capture of the offending webpage and post it here.



Now, notice that the story talks of an bombing by an failure of a palestinian homicide bomber. Actually, in this case, we can accurately call this person a SUICIDE bomber because when he blew up his vehicle that was LOADED with explosives, he only managed to kill himself. Tack one up for the useful idiots.


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