Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: >No comments at all?!!! > >On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> I usually depend on BBC and NPR for my news but even BBC can make an >> incredibly stupid mistake: >> >> >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9293620/BBC-News-uses-Iraq-photo-to-illustrate-Syrian-massacre.html >> >> Unbelievable. > Hard for me to comment when I'm commuting, then mucking out stalls, then reconfiguring a truck for a different payload, then taking out the trash, then eating dinner. To BBC's credit, when they posted the photo they stated that it cannot be independently verified and that it is *believed* to show bodies from the Houla massacre. But they did post it w/o verifying which suggests a rushed job, not up to the standards of excellence I expect from BBC. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com