Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Staged or Candid (was another thing)
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 23:36 +0100 (PDT)
 
Alan Hull writes:

> Well I care very much if a NEWS image is staged or candid.  This is
one
> of the reasons I would never buy a tabloid (so called) newspaper
like
> the British XXX, because I think they will be one of the first to
> manipulate digital photos of not so dramatic scenes.

In the case of the UK 'red tops' there's no "will be" about it,
they've already manipulated pictures and been caught doing it: the
case of John Prescott and the champaign bottle, the 'kiss' between
Dodi and Di, all are well documented.