In response to the concerns of their readers that a front full page
photo show Iraqi's celebrating "the liberation of Baghdad" had
been manipulated on computer the London 'Evening Standard' has printed
the following.
Page 18 of Thursday, 24 July 2003 edition of the Evening
Standard.
"Iraqi liberation picture
A NUMBER of readers have expressed concern that our front page picture on 9 April, showing Iraqis celebrating the liberation of Baghdad, had been enhanced to dipict a larger crowd than actually existed. As it was taken from TV footage, some extra people were added to the image in order to fill the space left by the removal of logos from the picture. In our opinion this did not alter the clarity of truth of the picture's message but we are happy to make this clear.
If the Evening Standard will provide the original unaltered image capture perhaps
we can see this 'clarity of truth' for ourselves. Until then I will believe
that they have manipulatied this image to generate the acceptance of a
lie.
Original Stories:
Indymedia - How the Evening Standard Doctored a PhotoThe
Memory Hole - Doctored Photo
from the London Evening Standard