october 27, 2016 




won<u+2019>t you take pity on this poor, innocent little child? 




this image of a <u+201c>16-year-old<u+201d> migrant crying <u+2013> which is currently plastered on the front page of the guardian <u+2013> is nothing short of laughable. 




<u+201c>a 16-year-old from ethiopia cries while he awaits registration at a processing centre in the makeshift refugee camp near calais,<u+201d> the photo<u+2019>s caption reads. the image is placed under a headline reading: <u+201c>councils resist pressure to take children from calais.<u+201d> 









this crying <u+201c>child<u+201d> is supposed to make brits feel guilty and demand their government allow <u+201c>children<u+201d> like him into their nation. 




the image is not a fake, nor is it being used satirically. it comes from the associated press<u+2019> emilio morenatti , you can see four pictures of the man for sale on their website . 




the <u+201c>child migrant<u+201d> is clearly in his 40<u+2019>s, yet their editors evidently believe their readers are so incredibly stupid they<u+2019>ll actually believe they<u+2019>re looking at a 16-year-old boy. 




a look at emilio<u+2019>s twitter shows one person appears to have actually bought the lie: @morenatti2004 imposible no hacernos mirar y luego, un nudo en la garganta. pic.twitter.com/a7zvz5440q 




<u+2014> luj<u+00e1>n artola paulos (@rowley_bel) october 25, 2016 




<u+201c>impossible not make us look, then, a lump in the throat,<u+201d> the tweet reads. 




incidentally, ethiopia is not even a war zone, so i<u+2019>m not sure how this 45-year-old man can even be considered a <u+201c>refugee.<u+201d>  42
guardian front page: <u+201c>a 16-year-old migrant cries<u+2026><u+201d>
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