The use of another photograph allowed the Times to diminish the horrors of what was happening on the ground. The Times expected its readers to believe that the premier “paper of record” and preeminent information source had no knowledge of the scene, and had to rely on wire service photographs:

A later photograph published by Reuters showed a Red Crescent ambulance on a street and more than 30 white sheets wrapped around what appeared to be bodies laid on the ground.

What else could they be—mannequins or sandbags made to look like victims of airstrikes?

(Emphasis original.)

Good ol’ New York Times… still as worthless as ever.