[stuck_in_new_orleans]

But there's a reason so many Photoshoppers are jumping up and down here: this is a rookie mistake. It's easy to do, hard to overcome, and everybody who works with Photoshop has struggled with it. When you do this for a living, it SCREAMS out at you.

just because Reuters posts the pic with a story doesnt mean they actually took it. They could have bought it from a freelance journalist/photog who was trying to make a good pic in order to have future pics bought

[prion]

just because Reuters posts the pic with a story doesnt mean they actually took it. They could have bought it from a freelance journalist/photog who was trying to make a good pic in order to have future pics bought

Oh, I think that's extremely likely to be correct. But you get in trouble for running a Jayson Blair story, even if you thought it was real. Right?

[top 2 toe red]

Well...just damn! That makes a doctored photo ok as long as they didn't take it?

...trying to make a good pic in order to have future pics bought

That's an excuse? That's fraud! One helluva way to "try and get future business"...just make up whatever you think Reuters/MSM wants to "trick" the world with as long as it gets across their biased views! Geez!.

[photodawg]

just because Reuters posts the pic with a story doesnt mean they actually took it. They could have bought it from a freelance journalist/photog who was trying to make a good pic in order to have future pics bought


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Its not a "good" pic its a fake pic. he's altering the reality of a news event and if used the image should clearly state that it is an illustration. This is an attempt to deceive. Reuters is culpable, because if they purchased the picture freelance, they are still responsible for its authenticity if used as a news photo.

[GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos]

This is the same photog that took the staged photos of green helmut guy. Reuters must know what this guy is up to by now. Plus, you'd think they'd have photo editors that could spot this obvious fraud. Reuters is abetting this sham. The only way they could be innocent here is to be completely inept and unprofessional. Reuters is guilty too.