Photo Bias

EXPOSED: Photographer Reveals Market, Not Truth, Behind Conflict Images

See our exclusive interview.

October 10, 2011 15:07 By : 19 Comments

The Wretched Scandal of Reporting from Gaza

A biased Telegraph piece on Gaza recycles an old photo.

October 10, 2011 12:24 By : 15 Comments

UK Riots: Iranian Photo Fraud Exposed

The laughable propaganda coming out of the Iranian regime aimed at the British authorities’ handling of recent riots has descended to even more embarrassing levels.

August 16, 2011 15:39 By : 29 Comments

The Age Recycles Staged Photo

[Translate]Part of our Shattered Lens series on photo bias focused on how the wire services use bars in their images to promote the Palestinian narrative of suffering and the impression of Palestinians...

July 20, 2011 11:16 By : 9 Comments

AFP Goes to the Dogs

What does this dog on the Israeli-Gaza border have to do with a false story of dog sentenced to death by a Jewish rabbinical court?

Absolutely nothing – unless you are AFP.

June 23, 2011 9:11 By : 7 Comments

False Photo Incites on Facebook

[Translate]Our Shattered Lens series examined how the wire services misused photo imagery to distort coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But what about unattributed photos that are deliberately...

June 16, 2011 9:04 By : 6 Comments

Shattered Lens: Part 6 – Photo Bias in Depictions of the IDF

The three international wire services consistently employ photo bias to show IDF soldiers in a dehumanized way.

March 9, 2011 15:01 By : 17 Comments

Shattered Lens: Part 5 – Bring Out Your Dead

Wire services habitually portray terrorists as ordinary Palestinians who fell victim to IDF brutality, a theme that the terrorist organizations are only too happy to encourage.

February 24, 2011 17:04 By : 5 Comments

Shattered Lens: Part 4 – Lighting Candles, Inflaming Bias

Candles are the image of choice for Hamas to paint a picture of Gaza under siege and suffering from electrical shortages, which can be blamed solely on Israel.

February 24, 2011 13:10 By : 10 Comments

The Times: Illustrating Israeli “Belligerency”

The UK’s Foreign Secretary describes Israel as “belligerent” in an interview with The Times. But what photo did The Times use online?

February 9, 2011 12:52 By : 3 Comments
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