Media | Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:25:19 pm PDT
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36489_Another_Cropped_Reuters_Photo_Deletes_Another_Knife_-_And_a_Pool_of_Blood

OK, come on now. I mean, really.

One picture cropped to remove a knife might be explained as incompetence or
a simple mistake.

But now we have two pictures from the "peace activists" that were cropped by
someone at Reuters to remove knives in the hands of the activists, as they
attempted to take soldiers hostage.

Reuters has published this picture from the activists:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20100606ReutersCropped.jpg

The picture is a cropped version of this photo from the IHH website (IHH is
the Islamist group whose members rioted aboard the Mavi Marmara):
www.ihh.org.tr/uploads/10/06/06/20/e87/yarali-asker-kaynak-ihh-5.jpg

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20100606ReutersUncropped-sm.jpg

What did the Reuters photo editor crop out? A big knife and a big pool of
blood.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20100606ReutersCropSection.jpg

UPDATE at 6/6/10 4:20:27 pm:

And it gets worse. I took the photo into Photoshop and increased the
exposure to lighten the dark areas, and discovered that they didn't just
crop out the knife and blood - they also cropped out another badly injured
Israeli soldier lying on the floor.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20100606ReutersCropSection2.jpg

Also see: LGF Pages - Fauxtography: Reuters Crops Out Peace Activist Weapon
Again.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/link/215282