Wire Service Gets Pakistani Protestors Mixed Up

When is a human rights activist not a human rights activist? On Thursday, February 21st, Yahoo posted a picture of Pakistani protestors burning a Danish flag at a rally decrying republication of the Muhammad cartoons. The protestors were labeled by the AP as “human rights activists.”

Except… They weren’t human rights activists. A corrected caption was sent out over the weekend that also corrected the date typo shown above:

Caption:

** CORRECTS PROTESTER’S GROUP AFFILIATION ** Supporters of Al Fareed Welfare Society burn a Danish flag at a protest rally to show their anger over the reproduction of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Denmark, Thursday, Feb.

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