(HonestReporting) In a three-month, in-depth study of how Israel is portrayed in images distributed by the major international wire services, David Katz, a professional photographer with 25 years experience, reviewed some 13,500 photos from Israel and the Palestinian territories from May 31-Aug. 31, 2010. The study revealed a pattern of double standards and bias that produced distorted images due to deliberate staging, use of wide-angle lenses and photographer positions to make photos appear more dramatic than the reality, photographers choosing positions that effect the events they are shooting, and editorializing in photo captions.
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