Disgraced Reuters Photographer Made Saturday's Front Page

Adnan Hajj, dismissed by Reuters for altering a photograph of war damage in Lebanon to make it look worse, made Saturday's front page with an image of a "wounded civilian" in Lebanon

Clay Waters

August 7, 2006 - 4:37pm

Disgraced Reuters [1]freelance photographer Adnan Hajj was dismissed by the wire service for altering a photograph of a Lebanese skyline to make the damage caused by Israel look worse (big hat tip to Charles Johnston at Little Green Footballs [2], who first uncovered the fake photo). More photos by Hajj are being scrutinized, and at least one other photo [3]has been proven to have been digitally altered.

But before his disgrace, Hajj made the front page, above-the-fold of Saturday's New York Times with a photo [4]of what the picture caption claims is a "wounded civilian" (but with Hajj we can no longer be sure).

The Times has used him in the past [5]as well.

Now the question is: Will the Times check the validity of previous work by Hajj that has appeared within its pages?

Publication: Articles [6]

Division: TimesWatch [7]

Tags: FakePhot [8], Reuters [9], AdnanHajj [10], NewYorkTimes [11], NYTimes [12], TimesWatch [13], TimesWatch.org [14]

Links:
[1] http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07348592.htm
[2] http://archive2.mrc.org/secure/www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php
[3] http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/184216.php
[4] http://graphics10.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/04/world/04mide_slide7.jpg
[5] http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/07/24/world/20060724_MIDE_SLIDESHOW_3.html
[6] http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/10
[7] http://archive2.mrc.org/division/timeswatch
[8] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/fakephot
[9] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/reuters
[10] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/adnanhajj
[11] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/newyorktimes
[12] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/nytimes
[13] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/timeswatch
[14] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/timeswatchorg
[15] http://www.tellthetruth2012.org