http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/23/what-were-they-thinking-on-the-haj/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/23/what-were-they-thinking-on-the-haj/#comment-819 Jonathan Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:35:05 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/23/what-were-they-thinking-on-the-haj/#comment-819 It's interesting that most of the pictures show people praying. Notice how expectations distort the way the media present events. Photographers thought that prayer was the point so they went out looking for people praying, reinforcing the impression that everyone was praying. A reinforcement cycle. It’s interesting that most of the pictures show people praying. Notice how expectations distort the way the media present events. Photographers thought that prayer was the point so they went out looking for people praying, reinforcing the impression that everyone was praying. A reinforcement cycle.

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