Charles at LGF caught Reuters in what looks like an obnoxious faked photo, with lots of dissection and discussion.

A special correspondent who works for Reuters sent me this photo from the series, which I believes corroborates Reuters’ story. Judge for yourself:

UPDATE: Now that Adnan Hajj has gone public, I feel it’s ok to share the rest of this story. Some readers may have questioned the authenticity of the original photo, even after I presented the above evidence, but surely we can all agree with Adnan’s explanation:

As a ÄformerÅ Reuters photographer, I deny having deliberately attempted to manipulate the image. Unfortunately, due to Israeli airstrikes on the “residential complex” where I work and reside, there were bad lighting conditions and consequently I made mistakes while trying to remove dust marks.

Adnan also sent in this picture:

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