Archive For May 17th, 2004
BreakingNews.ie: Soldiers escape injury in sarin attack – Oooh.. nasty surprise for the soldiers involved. Includes background info on Sarin: colourless and odourless gas… 500 times as toxic as cyanide… An estimated 5,000 civilians were killed and 10,000 injured when the Iraqi air force bombarded Halabja with mustard and other poison gases, including sarin.
So, the editor of the Daily Mirror has stepped down because of the fake photos of British troops torturing Iraqis. Let’s not forget the many other hoaxes the British media fell for!
The May issue of the Digital Journalist is now available. Unfortunately they don’t have a direct link to that issue but delve into the archives for past articles. Digital to Analog – an essay exploring the transititon from film to digital. The author laments the attitude novice photographers have these days – it’s digital, it’s [...]
