Snapped Shot

Fresh from the Department of Redundancy over at the Associated Press:



Uh, that's funny:—I thought having a "lifeless body" was generally considered to be a prerequisite to having a funeral. And, considering that we are looking at a funeral, there really isn't any reason to throw in the "fact" that his dead body is "lifeless," is there?

Unless, perhaps, this is the AP's way of mourning the loss of one they loved so dearly.

Oh yeah, and in response to the fact that yet another terrorist has bitten Ye Olde Zionist Dust?

The Elder has run across something remarkably familiar. (I love getting Z-mail!) I saw these photos when they came across the wires, and didn't think anything of it. After all, blatant emotionalism for the sake of the camera is not exactly unheard of in the Palestinian territories...

Here's what the controversy is about:



And here's how photos like this happen:



Pretty straightforward, I'd say. I don't think the scene is staged in any way—it's entirely plausible that the boy, if standing in a similar position to the photo above, would be hit by flying debris, without necessarily being covered in dust. Are the photographers trying to put it together as an emotional, dramatic scene? Absolutely. But I don't think for a moment that they set this man up to running around screaming... that's something that the locals seem to do on their own accord. For the cameras, of course.

Of course, it is pretty disturbing to see all of the the photographers lining up like lemmings, vying to capture their own "Pulitzer" moment.

Can you imagine how much better journalism would be if journalists would pay as much attention to the truth as they did to getting glitzy awards?

I've rounded up all of the photos I could find on the wires below the fold. Continue reading »