Wire Services Captions On Thin Blue Line

Honest Reporting/Backspin
03 August '10

Ugly border clash today along the Israeli-Lebanese border, a.k.a. the Blue Line. Five people were killed including IDF Lt. Col Dov Harari, three Lebanese soldiers, and Lebanese journalist.

First, bungled wire service photo captions out there incorrectly state that Israel was cutting down a tree on the Lebanese side of the border.

What the captions don't tell you is that the security fence is a few meters inside Israeli territory, and is not the actual international border. Exhibit A is Reuters:

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