Reuters seems to always be involved in something that brings to question their "unbiased" position the media is supposed to take in major conflicts in the Middle East. You would think that Reuters would have learned its lesson when it got caught publishing caught with multiple altered photos and staged video from Lebanon, and had to take down more than 900 images from one stringer.

Then on August 26, 2006, Reuters ran a photo captioned: "A French United Nations vehicle drives past a photo of Hizbollah leader .... Nasrallah, in Tyre...." The power of the photo is that the poster-sized image of a smiling Nasrallah is looking right at, and smiling at, an apparently white flag flying on the French vehicle. But the impression was false because the flag wasn't white and had been altered to make the light blue appear white. But still they didn't seem to learn anything.

On October 6, 2006 a Reuters cameraman was remanded over to an Israeli prison to be held until he can be turned over for trial for his part in rock-throwing attacks on security forces in Bil'in, where the separation fence is a constant target of protesters.

The cameraman, Imad Muhammad Intisar Boghnat, was arrested and charged as a result of violent riots in the Arab village of Bil'in, in the Modi'in region. A videotape that the prosecution presented to the judge shows Boghnat encouraging and directing rioters in Bil'in to throw large chunks of rock at Israeli vehicles in such a way as to cause maximum damage. The accused is heard shouting, "Throw, throw!" and later, "Throw towards the little window!"

I'm just glad the Israeli's have started video-taping their encounters with these people so they can defend themselves against the many false accusations of massacres, etc.

But once again, when tentions are already at the breaking point over there, a Reuters employee is found to be involved in extremely questionable behavior that has led to more violence. What if one or more of these people he was instigating had been shot? This sort of garbage is happening more and more frequently and it's impossible to know if anything you get from Reuters is fact or fiction. So why is this European owned company allowed to continue to participate in the international media industry?

Since the media industry doesn't seem willing to hold them accountable I hope the people, not only here in the U.S. but in Europe will at least realize that we need to consider them an "UNRELIABLE SOURCE" from here on out.

I think we had talked about Reuters on a thread a while back but yes, I do make sure the story chacks out with another media outlet in addition to Reuters.

Good media is hard to find, with the addition of ratings and such, it is obvious that either the cameraman and/or reporter might go to any lengths for what they need.
The Australian Government, is passing a law to limit a single company from owning within too many media fields, as too much of any one field is limited already. With the possible sale of the Packer branch of television, (channel 9 in Australia, one of the major free to air) any prospective buyer, will have to not own other media intrests.

dont forget good women

Reuters unreliable now that is news
Never would have guessed that one.

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Then I guess we should view this story as baloney, Liberal Rueters lies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/...nomy_hiring_dc

COLUMBUS, Ind (Reuters) - In the struggling factory heartland of America, the prospect of a hiring spree brings out proud executives, ecstatic employees and a lot of very relieved Republicans.

The announcement this month by diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. that 600 to 800 jobs would be created at its once-decimated Columbus plant drew two U.S. congressmen and the state governor, Republicans all, to celebrate the success of drawing new jobs to their district.

"We still have challenges, but there are more people working today in America than ever before ... and it's good news," said Rep. Mike Sodrel, who is trailing Democrat Baron Hill in polls for the November 7 election, when control of Congress is at stake.

That there are more Americans working now than ever before is not really much of an accomplishment -- there are more Americans, period, due to population growth -- but in the rust-belt states of middle America, any job growth in an election year is reason to revel.

Indiana's unemployment rate has climbed from 3.0 percent six years ago to 5.3 percent, well above the 4.6 percent national average. While job growth in the state has outpaced neighbors Ohio and Michigan, there are still 21,400 fewer jobs there than in 2000, before Republican President George W. Bush won the White House.

Signs of recovery in Sodrel's sprawling rural district are not confined to Columbus. Honda announced earlier this year it would build a new assembly plant in nearby Greensburg, creating more than 2,000 jobs, and Sodrel said the real job growth comes in the steady hiring of two or three or a dozen workers by small businesses across the state every day.

Still, it's not yet clear whether the nascent recovery of an economy devastated by factory closures in the wake of the 2001 recession will be enough to boost sagging Republican fortunes in districts across the U.S. heartland.

Sodrel said he thinks the economic revival has come soon enough to save his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and workers at the Cummins plant may bolster his optimism.

Karen Ferguson, 57, Sandra Spachtholz, 45, Angie Fife, 30, and Jessica Myers, 27, were all on hand to celebrate their company's hiring announcement. Office workers all, they've lived through tough times at Cummins, which cut 200 workers five years ago when it moved jobs to New York state.

Fife and Myers lost their jobs in the layoff. Ferguson, who's been at the company since 1974, was made a janitor. While Fife and Myers were hired back last year, they hadn't really felt safe until they heard the new engines would be built at the underused plant.

"We were scared because we've heard the economy is supposed to drop in 2007, so when we heard this (job announcement), it's a relief," said Fife, a mother of one.

They all wish more had been done sooner to lure jobs back to southeast Indiana, and all say they are undecided about who they will vote for in November.

But each agrees they are grateful to the Republican politicians who took to the stage at the job announcement to boast about the hard work they did and the promises they made to Cummins to bring the engine project to Columbus.

"I do feel better about them," said Ferguson. "They really worked hard to get those jobs. No matter what side of the fence you're on, Republican or Democrat, you feel better about the ones who helped bring the jobs back."

"The Australian Government, is passing a law to limit a single company from owning within too many media fields..."

You can have Rupert all to yourself, if you like.

Okay Spinny, If you can PROVE this article is as unreliable as those I mentioned and I'll agree with you. If you can't PROVE it, then you're admitting that you don't care how many unreliable news crews they hire in the Middle East or that they're lying to the world; because you like their lies and manipulations and don’t mind at all that they incite violence.

My point is Reps. will take this story because it suits their needs, but a Reuters story that does not provide a favorable slant is a lie. I say then that we agree that Reuters is unreliable 100% of the time. How can we know if they are accurate after the doctored photos? If you are going to start a thread stating that a media outlet is unreliable, then so be it. Unless you make a disclaimer that the outlet is relaible when you want it to be.

All the Diesel Engine Makers laid eveyone off from a side effect of California's CAFE standards (IN THE FACE of Bush's roll backs on Fed standards) that drove the price of diesel truck engines out of reach while fleet companies bought up the older engines from US, Canada, and Mexico to avoid the BIG HIT, which in turn pushed demand for new engines out to 2010:-(

No one LOOKS BACK to see what ASSCLOWN POLICY caused the problem to begin with:-(

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