Reuters

By now, I'm sure everyone has heard about Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj who clumsily used Photoshop's clone tool to enhance the smoke billowing from a building fire in Beirut.

Reuters withdrew all 920 photos from Mr. Hajj yesterday.

More and more news organizations are relying on local stringers for photos, rather than flying staffers all over the place. This is particularly true in Iraq, where conditions are much more dangerous for westerners.

I wonder if Mr. Hajj was a recently-hired stringer? It would make an interesting case for conventional journalistic training.