CORRECTION ... via Ace of Spades who says that a full retraction may be in order since the caption of the photo reads:
TYRE, LEBANON. Wednesday, July 26, 2006: After an Israeli airstrike destroyed two buildings in downtown Tyre, Lebanon, one man helped another who had fallen and was hurt. As people searched through the burning remains, aircraft again could be heard overhead, panicking the people that a second strike was coming.
Yes, I would say that this explains it. I'll let the NYT off the hook for this one. However, I would like to point out that, unlike many in the mainstream media, the mistake, when caught, was immediately posted with a mea culpa for jumping to conclusions.
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My old eyes do not always see what all the sharp-eyed bloggers find in the fake photos being analyzed. I like it when they put big red arrows on the photos to show me what I'm supposed to be looking at, but in this case, it is pretty evident. Check them out and see what you think.
New York Times Busted in Hezbollah Photo Fraud!
** Dead Men Walking! **
From the New York Times photo essay by Tyler Hicks on July 27, 2006 comes this unbelievable fraud!
Click photos to enlarge for detail- notice the shorts!Bizzyblog forwarded the "Dead Guy w/ no dust" photo this morning thinking that this guy looked pretty clean for a bomb attack!
Here is the post from this morning:
The NY Times Hezbollah Photo Dust UpAn anonymous commenter put the pieces together on this Hezbollah photo fraud this afternoon:
This photo is part of a photo essay entitled "Turmoil in the Mideast" - Reports from Israel and Lebanon: Attack in Tyre" accessible through the NYT website. All of the photographs are attributed to Tyler Hicks/The New York Times. The photograph shown on your site is photo number 6 in the array.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/world/20060727_MIDEAST_FEATURE/blocker.html
"Dead Guy w/ no dust" shows up with hat in photo no. 2 (right side) pointing out something to the photographer.
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