«La foto viral de un niño famélico en Gaza no cuenta la verdad: tiene múltiples enfermedades degenerativas, no está así por el hambre»
La fotografía de un niño palestino en Gaza en estado famélico ha dado la vuelta al mundo, pero no cuenta la verdad. Junto a él, su hermano mayor no tiene el mismo aspecto, y fue recortado de la imagen. En realidad su aspecto se debe a una serie de enfermedades degenerativas, no al hambre, pero se ha utilizado para exagerar la situación real de Gaza. https://david-collier.com/the-truth-behind-the-viral-gaza-famine-photo/?fbclid=IwY2xjawL1ZxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmtgem4rffSBNS5Lio5HqrAaSGCv1QDXRgKhTp-3-ftdmhfkBTmRRRbHN9-V_aem_yH0loPRnXzpvaTxC0k241Q Turns out the child has multiple degenerative genetic disorders and his brother cropped out of the photo looks healthy. But the boy in the picture, Muhammad al-Matouq—who appeared on the front page of Britain’s Daily Express on Wednesday and then on that of The New York Times on Friday, and was picked up by the BBC, CNN, Sky News, and countless others—in fact suffersfrom a muscle disorder and other grave genetic conditions unrelated to starvation. This is according to CNN and the independent investigative journalist David Collier, but of course that information will never reach the countless people who saw and shared the image. Nor will the fact that Muhammad’s brother, who is cropped out of the widely circulated image, appears healthy, as does his mother.
