<h2 id="article-title" class="entry-title">Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive</h2>
<p class="author vcard">By Ed Barnes</p>
<p>Published June 08, 2010 <br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/08/reuters-fake-photos-ihh-gaza-blockade-commandos/">FOXNews.com</a></p>
<p class="photo"> <img src="images/stories/flotillareuters300.jpg" border="0" /></p>
<p class="photo"><strong>On the left, the uncropped photo. On the right, Reuters' released photo. (Reuters)</strong></p>
<p class="dateline" style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light. But this time Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault.</p>
<p style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The news agency reacted to questions raised by an American blogger who showed that Reuters' photo service edited out knives and blood traces from pictures taken aboard the activist ship Mavi Marmara during a clash with Israeli commandos last week. Nine people were killed and scores were injured in the clash.</p>
<p style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The pictures of the fight were released by IHH, the Turkish-based group that sponsored the six-ship fleet that tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.</p>
