Faith (and misogyny) has outweighed fact at Di Tzeitung, a Hasidic newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York. The ultra-Orthodox Jewish publication ran a doctored copy of the iconic “Situation Room Photo”-- scrubbed from the picture: the two women in the room. According to their version of history, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with her hand clasped over her mouth, and Audrey Tomason, director of counterterrorism, weren’t there.
The newspaper later apologized for violating White House instructions against altering photos. "We should not have published the altered picture, and we have conveyed our regrets and apologies to the White House and to the State Department," the newspaper said. In a written statement issued later that day, the newspaper went further, saying that its decision to leave women out of photos is religiously mandated and that the right to do so is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
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