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Many people have noted that eight UK newspapers ran with the exact same image of a protester kicking in a Tory window yesterday, with the Guardian standing out from the herd by running with a different photo of the same incident. Political Scrapbook collated them:


It's instructive, however, to see a wide shot of this spontaneous scene unfolding:


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Date: 2010-11-12 07:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zagreb2.livejournal.com
Incidentally, it's interesting that the two Tory tabloids - the Mail and the Sun - claim the violence came from people "hijacking" the protest which is unexpectedly sympathetic to the students. It would have been very easy for them to insinuate the rioters represented the protest in general; in mood and intent if not in actions.

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