Number Games

28 not 58.
lil smoke, not huge explosions.

What is she talking about? Check out this Jpost article I found today.

Reuters news agency admitted on Sunday that it had digitally altered a photograph of an Israeli attack on Lebanon on Saturday, showing more smoke than was actually present.
The photograph, as initially published, showed an aerial view of Beirut after an IAF attack, with two large pillars of smoke rising over the city. The caption read: Smoke billows from burning buildings destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut's suburbs....
The scene was photographed by Adnan Hajj, who had also photographed the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Kana last week, in which the Lebanese initially claimed 58 fatalities, but could later only confirm 28.

Ultimately, does it matter?
Death is still death, 28 people is still 28 too many, smoke and destruction is still bad.
And of course the answer to the question is yes, it does matter - things should be reported accurately, people should be given the facts, while news papers are known to have some sort of agenda, doctoring photos and putting out bad numbers is wrong. But at the end of the day, when these things are corrected, sure, the reporter who doctored the photo should be fired (he has not been yet), and Reuters should issue a statement of apology (which they did), but ultimately, people are justified in saying so what? 28 is still a lot, smoke/destruction is still bad, etc.

(Un)fortunately it's not that simple.

First word that comes to mind when you hear that a Reuter's reporter by the name of Adnan Hajj doctored a photo to criticize the IAF...(yes this question/statement is unfair)