This picture appeared on the front page of the Seattle Times. Photo Getty Images used without permission.
The caption is:
Serbian nationalists opposed to Kosovo's independence storm and set fire to an office in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday after a massive rally in the Serbian capital.
Such a frightening image of fanaticism and destruction. I do not know how doctored up this photo is. But the colors and the silhouettes evoke terror and pain. The upstretched hands, the person throwing something big into a fire beyond. The onlookers witnessing the destruction. Hell, it looks like hell.
I don't know anything about Kosovo's independence but this scene horrifies me.
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On reflection, possibly the incendiary colors and shady silhouettes may telegraph the publisher's intent. Does the slanted propoganda value trump the actual journalistic image?
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