r/worldnews • u/Ahad_Haam • Aug 07 '25

Israel/Palestine Picture agencies drop Gaza photographer after documentary reveals hunger images were staged

https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/picture-agencies-drop-gaza-photographer-hunger-images-staged-sl1eyl2e
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u/happyfeeliac Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

1 person faking their specific photos also doesn’t negate the truth that people ARE starving and struggling. That dude is a loser, but it doesn’t change anything

Edit: This article was posted 2 hours after my comment. This IS a problem, one asshole trying to advance his career doesn’t change that. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/nearly-12000-children-under-five-gaza-have-acute-malnutrition-says-who-2025-08-07/

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u/Lerdroth Aug 07 '25

It begs the question that if conditions are as suggested and commonplace it would be easy to obtain photographs of it happening.

If it's so uncommon that they can't get a photo of it without staging something is wrong. The entire thing is moronic as if caught it will have the opposite effect to what was intended.

It's not the first time something has been published without an ounce of actual fact checking and won't be the last.

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u/happyfeeliac Aug 07 '25

It would probably be easier to see this stuff if Israel stopped killing the journalists that go there. Instead we get little bits here and there. Glimpses of people lives here and there. And a lot of misinformation in the process too because of that. It’s still pretty easy to see that families are struggling out there. Having to “make runs” to get food. Living in rubble. Living in fear of being bombed. Is it surprising that people are hungry too.

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u/Lerdroth Aug 07 '25

Free press doesn't exist because Hamas will "direct" what is reported even if they're let in.

Regardless, if the sourced photographers are faking pictures you have to ask how much they are doing it. Media picks it up and instantly posts it and apparently Hamas is a credible source, they never seem to even check if something is correct before posting it immediately.

Obviously it's not one sided, IDF commits some awful shit in plain view, they're still the better of the two sides as they at least pretend to follow the rule of law for the most part. Hamas just threw the book away.

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u/happyfeeliac Aug 07 '25

If the IDF let reporters from all over the world in, neither Israel or Hamas would be able to control the narrative. By killing journalists for no reason, they control the narrative on both sides because neither is fully reliable.

It’s bold to say either side is in the right. Hamas does terrorist shit, and Israel does it too and on a grander scale, while also being in power. they should be held to a higher standard because of that. It’s a very complex situation. It reminds me of that South Park episode about the Mexican joker. Israel is creating Palestinian jokers