Stephen Andrews

Dramatis personae 1 2004, 2004



Dramatis personae 1 2004, 2004
crayon rubbing on parchment paper
24 x 19 inches

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Dramatis personae 1 2004 The photographs published by the Daily Mirror newspaper, which appeared to show British soldiers urinating on and beating an Iraqi prisoner, were confirmed to be a hoax. The Daily Mirror eventually admitted on May 14, 2004, that the pictures were a "calculated and malicious hoax". As a result of the scandal, the newspaper's editor, Piers Morgan, was fired.