{"id":1477341,"date":"2022-05-16T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T01:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477341"},"modified":"2022-05-16T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T01:29:43","slug":"not-the-best-look-reuters-report-on-ukraine-driving-russian-soldiers-out-includes-glaring-photographic-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-the-best-look-reuters-report-on-ukraine-driving-russian-soldiers-out-includes-glaring-photographic-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not The Best Look\u2019: Reuters Report On Ukraine Driving Russian Soldiers Out Includes Glaring Photographic Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-the-best-look-reuters-report-on-ukraine-driving-russian-soldiers-out-includes-glaring-photographic-mistake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240710091.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Reuters reported on Monday that Ukrainian soldiers had been successful in driving Russian occupation forces back across the Russian border in the Sumy region \u2014 and while the report in itself was good news, the photo Reuters tweeted with the story quickly raised some eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine says it has repelled Russian incursion in Sumy region,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDmytro Zhyvytsky wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian group entered Ukrainian territory under the cover of mortar shells, grenades and machine gun fire but retreated after the border guards fought back,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-says-it-has-repelled-russian-incursion-sumy-region-2022-05-16\/?taid=62824ae78664e8000197c320&#038;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\">reported<\/a> in the attached article, noting that Zhyvytsky\u2019s account had not been independently verified but later adding, \u201cSeparately, a spokesman for Ukraine\u2019s border guards said in televised comments that the danger posed by Russian shelling in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions remained but that the border was under control in both places.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukraine says it has repelled Russian incursion in Sumy region <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dE81E0R9P6\">https:\/\/t.co\/dE81E0R9P6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/une4hkj0M6\">pic.twitter.com\/une4hkj0M6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1526185858411405312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But it was the photo featured with the article in the tweet from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/reuters-tweet-confuses-beto-for-buttigieg-calls-whataburger-a-texas-chicken-joint\/\">Reuters\u2019<\/a> official account that provoked a series of reactions \u2014 mainly because critics claimed it was a photo of soldiers training in paintball gear.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the responses included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@primoradical: \u201cBREAKING: Entire Russian army defeated by Ukrainian paintball team.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@charlestonbrian: \u201cYeah\u00a0@Reuters\u00a0not the best look when you use a pic of them training with paintball guns instead of an actual picture from that battle.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@sethdillon: \u201cHow does the fact that they did it with paintball guns not make the headline?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@themfingcoo: \u201cA war that needs $40 billion dollars would have enough REAL footage of fighting to avoid using stock photos with paintball guns wouldn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@nedryun: \u201cWith paintball guns? That\u2019s next level impressive \u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@dolioj: \u201cThe other day, when I expressed doubt about a Reuters story, some of you scoffed about my doubt. Here is Reuters telling you that the Ukrainians repelled a Russian assault, WHILE USING PAINTBALL GUNS. Come on people. The Ukrainians are good, but not that good.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@janeymackwriter: \u201cReuters: forever raising the Fake News bar.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@chrismartenson: \u201cUkraine repelled Russia \u2026 with paintball guns? That\u2019s totally badass,\u00a0@Reuters!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cReuters showing bros playing paintball to advocate for war in Ukraine is like @CNN\u00a0showing submerged Anderson to scare us about #ClimateChange,\u201d Daniela Turner added, including a photo of his own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reuters showing bros playing paintball to advocate for war in Ukraine is like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> showing submerged Anderson to scare us about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateChange?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateChange<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cT7jcnmUOO\">https:\/\/t.co\/cT7jcnmUOO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VZPpUFHD8d\">pic.twitter.com\/VZPpUFHD8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielTurnerPTF\/status\/1526255117548367874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Documentarian Ford Fischer provided <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1526242127763722240\">a little bit of context<\/a>, noting that Reuters may have chosen that photo simply because there were no frontline reporters or photographers providing them with real time photos and footage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrontline journalism right now is so scarce in Ukraine that Reuters is illustrating stories about actual combat with photos of Ukrainian forces training using paintball guns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters reported on Monday that Ukrainian soldiers had been successful in driving Russian occupation forces back across the Russian border in the Sumy region \u2014 and while the report in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1483353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}