You no doubt recall when, during the last war in Gaza in 2012, BBC’s Jon Donnison tweeted a photo of a girl with the title “Pain in Gaza”, to which Donnison added his own commentary – “Heartbreaking”. It of course turned out that the genuinely heartbreaking image was actually from Syria and not from Gaza – a mistake for which Donnison subsequently apologized.
Well, within the last hour, the Guardian’s Chris McGreal just retweeted the following, to his nearly 4,000 followers, a Tweet by Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, for Human Rights Watch.
However, this photo of a boy (8 year old Eid) holding his new prosthetic leg was taken in Syria, not Gaza.
The article posted at the site of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund explains:
Thanks to the support of donors all over the world, the hard work of the PCRF Jordan Chapter, and Mr. Charl Stenger, an orthotics specialist working in Dubai, 8-year-old Eid from Syria got his new artificial legs after losing them from a bombing earlier this year (his mother was killed and his 5-year-old sister also lost a leg). The PCRF is dedicated to helping any child in need, regardless of their nationality, religion or ethnicity.
No doubt, apologies from McGreal and Whitson will be forthcoming.
UPDATE: Whitson deleted her tweet and wrote this:
No word yet from McGreal.
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Guardian fauxtography: Chris McGreal pulls a Jon Donnison
You no doubt recall when, during the last war in Gaza in 2012, BBC’s Jon Donnison tweeted a photo of a girl with the title “Pain in Gaza”, to which Donnison added his own commentary – “Heartbreaking”. It of course turned out that the genuinely heartbreaking image was actually from Syria and not from Gaza – a mistake for which Donnison subsequently apologized.
Well, within the last hour, the Guardian’s Chris McGreal just retweeted the following, to his nearly 4,000 followers, a Tweet by Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, for Human Rights Watch.
However, this photo of a boy (8 year old Eid) holding his new prosthetic leg was taken in Syria, not Gaza.
The article posted at the site of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund explains:
No doubt, apologies from McGreal and Whitson will be forthcoming.
UPDATE: Whitson deleted her tweet and wrote this:
No word yet from McGreal.
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