Without explanation, the BBC has replaced a fraudulent AP photo that was running to illustrate one of its stories. [1] Drinking From Home has the whole story, and proof of the fraud.

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It is disheartening that the BBC has elected simply to consign the fraudulent photo to the memory hole, rather than own up to the fact that it either intended to deceive or was duped. They have thus not addressed the larger problem of the extent to which what passes itself off as objective news coverage is actually just war propaganda. And that makes it likely that the propaganda will continue.