Harsh Visuals of War Leave Newsrooms Facing Tough Choices – The New York Times

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Harsh Visuals of War Leave Newsrooms Facing Tough Choices

Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/business/media/israel-hamas-media-photography.html

Gruesome photographs of Palestinian children killed in rocket strikes and Israeli infants murdered by terrorists. Digitally doctored images that whip around social media before they can be verified. Accusations — since rejected by multiple news outlets — that photojournalists had advance knowledge of the Hamas surprise attack on Oct. 7.