Los Angeles Times - Editor's Note: Just another instance of the subtle manipulation of the images of conflict to convey a desired bias. In this case, a true fabrication - the image fabricated to make it appear that the soldier is menacing the man with the child.


Photographer Brian Walski has been fired from the LA Times for this incident. This from the newspaper that tells us that "'terror' exists only in the eye of the beholder." [Robert Scheer]

The Actual Photos

The Altered Photo