You really have to watch the media.

[kpete]

Check out this photo in this article from the National Post on the people fleeing Sinjar:

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The caption is "Iraqis from the town of Sinjar head towards the autonomous Kurdistan region on Aug. 4, 2014, as they seek refuge after ISIS militants took control of their town." Photo credits are to "AP stringer/Getty Images."
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/04/kurds-prepare-major-counter-offensive-as-isis-surge-sends-thousands-of-civilians-fleeing/

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Now check out this one from 2013 in the New York Times -- it's the same same photo. The caption says "Syria-Iraq border, August 2013."


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/16/world/middleeast/syrian-refugee-crisis-photos.html?_r=1&

(Both photos are from yesterday)

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2014/8/4/212910/5654/foreignaffairs/Monday-Night-Open-Thread

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I have a slightly different take on it:

You really have to NOT watch the media.

[malaise]

2. We really have to expose their LIES

Rec

[Fred Sanders]

3. Holey propaganda, Batman. The American media are not such liars also, are they? Photos from AP.....

[rock]

4. Smell the media

That will tell you what you need to know.

[bemildred]

5. It's show business, but it's not news. nt

[starroute]

6. But how does that discredit the story?

There have been stories lately where misidentified photos were used for propaganda purposes. But all I see here is a sloppy reporter who grabbed the first photo available to illustrate a story. Not good journalism, but does it invalidate anything in the story itself?