Military Keeps News Photog Charges Secret

[BlueStar-57]

The U.S. military will seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/14634804/detail.html

[Buddha]

Apparently the guy was one of those faux photographers and the AP liked his work.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/john-st...-bilal-hussein
Be sure you look at the first link in the article.

[Wes]

No wonder the military wants to try this guy. Thanks for posting the link, Joe. Always nice to have another side of the story.

[huxley]

always two sides to a coin.

[CaptainTom]

The Newsbusters seems to be a bit biased !!

[jonnydonut]

huh, interesting, I want more info.

[jon_k]

Originally Posted by Wes

No wonder the military wants to try this guy. Thanks for posting the link, Joe. Always nice to have another side of the story.

Originally Posted by Buddha

Apparently the guy was one of those faux photographers and the AP liked his work.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/john-st...-bilal-hussein
Be sure you look at the first link in the article.

The journalism site that paints this guy badly is a site with a slogan of "Exposing and combating Liberal Media Bias", but their style of writing does not seem unbiased in itself. Just seems like a journalism site with a slant towards a certain political view. Any site that is slanted one way, that is "built to combat" another politically slanted view... seems politically slanted in itself. See what I'm saying? Put that together with "CONSERVATIVE SHIRTS" and "ANTI COMMIE" shirt advertisements and make your own conclusion. Since this guy was an anti-war propagandist, these guys wrote this article that is biased against him, because most conservatives probably wouldn't like this guy.

I won't share my own personal opinions on that site or style of journalism, because thats irrelevant and against the rules.

[Jeff_Green]

We can comment on the photojournalism that isn't truly photojournalism. You can look at the images themselves and see they were staged to garner certain emotions. Photojournalism isn't about staging shots such as he did.

[Buddha]

I'm really confused. Is bias countered by writing an essay that looks at both sides of the bias, or does it simply put the facts out there for all to see and make up their own minds?
"Since this guy was an anti-war propagandist" as you said, what is he doing working for AP as a fair and factual reporter? A media that can't be trusted to tell the truth is a danger to us all.
Here is another link from another source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...nst_ap_ph.html

[Murph]

Fauxtography to me.

[Wes]

Here's my take on the media: I defy anyone to show me a major news source that isn't biased to either the left or the right. I'll read the liberal rags just like I do the conservative ones and keep in mind that the truth is somewhere in between. Ya just gotta go into it with an open mind. I know too many people that will say something like, "I totally avoid blah blah blah network because they're too liberal/conservative". To do that is to miss out on something that could be important. Just take the blinders off and think for yourself.

[BlueStar-57]

I had never heard of the guy and my link didn't give you any ideal of what was up except he's been locked up a 19 months with no charges until now which seems odd they would wait this long.

Thanks for the other links which may tell more of the story-grain of salt due to if they had a good case I think they would have tried it sooner. Seems odd they want to try him in Iraq too instead of America since we haven't done that with the others or said we intended to with them.

2 sides to every story and some people will try to cover the other side as it should be (like it or not). First Gulf War had CNN filming in Baghdad, thus they where in enemy territory covering the bombing going on. We have finally compiled both sides of the story in pictures and film from WWII.

Materials stated found could mean he was a bad guy or just trying to cover both sides of the story as the story is happening which takes a lot of guts since America can try to do what they are doing and the other side even kills their own people so trusting them is risky business. People tend to gather keepsakes, Dallas had a lady dig up grenades someone had stashed from a previous war. Propaganda is also a common keepsake or item to get a picture of. Right place right time, I’ve seen a picture of a GI holding a severed head in Vietnam so not surprising such pictures can be had now also. Tips do flow in to neutral people.

As for staged photos, that happens no matter which side is covering things a lot of the time. Some true action shots are gotten sometimes, but we all saw what happened to Harris doing this-filmed his own death. As history has shown through the ages, some people do end up laying down their camera’s and picking up a gun on rare occasions when they have seen something that breaks their limits while others just keep filming staying neural. As for me I can take pictures before or after but not during since I stop to comfort or render aide.

[Buddha]

I haven't seen all of the stories out there, but all of the instances of faux photography in the last few years that I am aware of have all claimed to show US atrocities in one way or another. Terrorist atrocities never seem to be a part oft this.
The photographers have all been local, not US citizens, so not subject to US law. This one seems to fit that pattern.
You have to wonder why the AP, having been fooled so badly during the last Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, approved these photos and now defends the photographer so strongly.

[johnastovall]

A different view of the issue of covering Iraqi.

"The most dangerous war in the history of journalism"

[Buddha]

The faux photographer has finally been charged. Here's a link to the story.


http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...gainst_ap.html