NEWS
A Solomon Borgawker Contribution:
It is funny to watch when media
get caught trying to stoop to such a low levels to present their leaders as the
leading entity in the world just to pull the wool over the eyes of its
citizens. Its gives a bigger picture of what else they can do to alter the
TRUTH in much serious situations.
Egyptian
paper doctors photo of Mubarak and Obama
By Michael Calderone
Thu Sep 16, 10:57 am ET
Al-Ahram, the state-run newspaper in Egypt, recently ran the
above photo of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leading President Obama and
other world leaders during Middle East peace talks at the White House.
But that's not quite how the walk to the East Room played
out. The BBC reports that Al-Ahram apparently had some fun with Photoshop,
and placed the country's leader up front.
You can see the original Getty photo below.
Egyptian media has long faced government censorship, so it's
not surprising the state-run newspaper would opt to place Mubarak ahead of the
pack. News of the re-cut photo drew a swift rebuke from one of Egypt's
leading opposition groups, the 6 April Youth Movement. "This is what the
corrupt regime's media has been reduced to," a statement on the
group's website said. The state-owned press had "crossed the line from
being balanced and honest," the statement continued. But the specific
reason for doctoring this photo is unclear, since Al-Ahram did not respond to
the BBC's request for comment.
(Photo of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas, and King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House on September
1: Getty/ Alex Wong)
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100916/cm_yblog_upshot/egyptian-paper-doctors-photo-of-mubarak-and-obama
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