Why AP Had to Dig Up a 3-Year-Old File Photo

Honest Reporting/Media Backspin
30 August '10

First the good news: AP looks at Hamas and Fatah cracking down on each other:

Both governments carry out arbitrary arrests, ban rivals from travel, exclude them from civil service jobs and suppress opposition media, the rights groups say. Torture in both West Bank and Gaza lockups includes beatings and tying up detainees in painful positions.

Hamas and Abbas' Fatah organization have harassed each other ever since the Islamic militant Hamas seized Gaza in 2007. However, the crackdowns have become more sweeping in recent months as each aims to strengthen its grip on its respective territory.

The bad news: the wire service needed a three-year-old file photo to illustrate the story.

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