Reuters Fauxtography Spread Hamas Propaganda With Fake Power Outage Photos

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Newsbusters’ Warner Todd Huston writes:

Last January 2008…Reuters published a staged fauxtograph with the caption… “Palestinian lawmakers attend a parliament session in candlelight during a power cut in Gaza January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem.”

“But look at the sunlight shining through the windows on the right. A careful observer sees no candle power is needed. The power outage in this image is cured by opening the curtains.”

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