Due to various misrepresentaion and dismination of media content, true background story will be effective because it will shock the reader into action which will make them to consider checking and searching for fact themselve than depending on the media.
The following are the effect of knowing the true background of the photo have on the reader:
It makes the reader consider the idea that the media doesn’t always tell the true story.
It shows the reader that when it comes to persuasive media, you can’t always trust what you see.
The image of fellow citizens rising up and drowning the enemy in a wave of "pride and knives" demonstrates that they will remain defiant. It also best develops the speaker's viewpoint that adversity only makes his compatriots stronger.