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Subject: Re: [Leica] fired for photoshopping
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:10:27 -0800
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNEELBMBAA.red735i@earthlink.net>

Frank

You tell us of what you are not, but what you are is an apologist
for an immoral act.

jerry

Frank Filippone wrote:

> So there are 2 standards... one for word journalists, another for Photo
> journalists.  Who work for the same paper, submit work for the same article,
> etc..... and a third for the advertisers, who do not have to obey any rules
> of truth.
>
> Captured is hardly the issue... it is an issue of telling a story through
> words or photogrpahs.  That is what a paper does.  What story do you want to
> tell ( sell?) ?  How best to convey that story?  What tools are at your
> disposal?  Does the method of capture really make a difference?
>
> Certainly I am no expert ethicist, photojouornalist, nor journalist, nor do
> I teach any of those in a profeesional role.  I am a rather simple person
> who distrusts  most to all  media just because of the issue of slanted
> reporting.  I believe in a single standard, including the advertisers.
> Either you tell the whole truth, everywhere in your paper, or you do not.
>
> Yes, I am a LA Times subscriber.   and yes, they are biased..... and yes
> they do tell their slanted part of a story.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
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