Reuters Does it Again

I have written earlier about the editing and cropping done on pictures published by Reuters.  Now LittlleGreenFootballs.com has exposed some more selective editing designed to prevent the exposure of the "peace activists" as armed thugs.

This is the picture published by Reuters:

This is the original picture before cropping:

We can see in the original the hand holding a serrated knife.  In the picture below we can see a magnification of the hand holding the knife and a pool of blood that Reuters deemed unnecessary to publish. 

Finally, with the help of PhotoShop, the picture was lightened, and now we can see not only the knife, but an injured Israeli soldier:

I guess Reuters didn't want to tarnish the image of the "activists."

Reuters Does it Again

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has released pictures of the "peace activists" involved with the Gaza flotilla while they were attempting to take Israeli soldiers as hostages.  Reuters picked up one of the pictures and cropped it before distribution.  Can you identify what is missing form the cropped picture?

Picture published by Hurriyet

Cropped picture

I assume that it is not uncommon for news agencies to crop pictures.  However, within the context of this story, the removal of the knife changes the whole context of the story, where Islamist claimed that they were not armed.  In my dictionary, a sharp pointy knife qualifies as a deadly weapon.