SOME INTERESTING Lebanon media notes.

Plus, reflections on “fauxtography.”

UPDATE: Interesting stuff on blogospheric fact-checking at USA Today.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Steve Sturm has more thoughts on Fauxtography, and a question:

With all due respect to the abilities and talents of the bloggers who have uncovered these frauds (not to mention all the free time they seem to have), these bloggers are not doing anything the likes of the NYT and Reuters couldn’t do on their own…. if only they were interested in doing so. The fact that they’re not the ones uncovering these frauds is evidence of the lack of effort they’re putting into verifying the legitimacy of the photos – and photographers.

And the reason they’re so willing to accept as true the stuff they’re given? Well, let me answer that question with a question: are the NYT and Reuters giving a free pass to Jewish photographers taking pictures of the destruction on the Israeli side of the border?

Meanwhile, Gateway Pundit has more photo questions.