I bet if you look at any major event/war you'd find stuff like that. The scary part is, the only people we really have to trust is the media, where else do we get events from?
Photos aren't the worst part, either; the worst part is translations/dubbing. When they dub over people like Osama bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein, they are invariably translated to sound more evil/malevolant than they actually are. It's the nature of people to make their enemies look harsh and evil, it's all part of propaganda. I had one Philosophy professor (an amazing man) who always said that if you want the true story, you have to learn the language.