Civilian casualties are clearly what Hezbollah wants foreign reporters to focus on. It keeps the attention off them -- and questions about why Hezbollah should still be allowed to have weapons when all the other militias in Lebanon have already disarmed.

Cooper explained how Hezbollah stages ambulance calls, shepherds correspondents through Beirut and ensures that they see only what they are supposed to see and photgraph only what they are supposed to photograph. And he explains how media photographer dutifully cooperate, taking photos of faked ambulance emergences. Rich Noyes has the story at Newsbusters (below)

Ami Isseroff