Last week, we posted about a July 29 Guardian article “Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say”, in the outlet’s morning newsletter, which used a Reuters photo of an emaciated young boy in Gaza who was suffering from cerebral palsy – a disease which causes severe digestive issues and weight loss.
However, Guardian editors revised the Reuters caption, dishonestly erasing the child’s pre-existing condition in order to frame the photo as an example of starvation in Gaza.
We contacted the outlet’s editors, asking that they revise the caption to note – as the original Reuters caption did – the boy’s pre-existing condition.
Our complaint was upheld, and caption revised:
The following editor’s note was added:
