News Critiques
The Case Against “Generic” News Images
Sometimes, editors need an image for a story but don’t have anything useful or available
Pesach Benson
February 4, 2014
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Sometimes, editors need an image for a story but don’t have anything useful or available
Part of our Shattered Lens series on photo bias focused on how the wire services
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.
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.
How the wire services cynically exploited the 2010 soccer World Cup to produce negative images of Israel.
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