Publication Issues: Is there more than meets the eye?

Manipulated

Original

Is seeing, believing? Or is a time to speculate if there is editing? This is the question.

The illustration shows Mubarak in the front, and the original one shows he was actually walking behind Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah II, as American president Barack Obama led the men to the Middle East peace talk at the White House.

Graphic Manipulation is something very real in the present era with photo editing programs and skills progressing to higher levels take are not obvious to the untrained eyes.

However, i am against this as it shows the unprofessionalism and unethical. In the journalistic world, nothing like this should happen even though it helps to bring the viewership.

Source: Sebti B 2010, 'Digital Manipulation Blunder and Defiance', Treasure of Baghdad, blog posting, 19 September, viewed 1 February 2011, < http://www.bassamsebti.com/2010/09/digital-manipulation-blunder-and.html >.