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How the Wire Services Abuse Sport for Propaganda


(HonestReporting) Wire service photographs deliberately set out to portray Israel in a negative light during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with editorialized captions such as the AFP caption: "Football fans escape the Gaza Strip's dreary confinement to follow the WC2010 matches which are often interrupted by power cuts." Numerous images of Palestinians playing soccer next to the West Bank security barrier were also popular.
2010-12-07 08:21:23
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