Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Journalism, altered photo's, and other ethical debates
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:03:33 -0500

> Are they [editors] to be held up as the standard we should aspire to?

I definitely think so, you betcha.  And why not ?
You mess up, you lose your job;  they mess up you
lose your job also.  No wonder few people ever want
to go into photo journalism anymore.

- - Phong
lose job = lose credibility in the eyes of the public.


Eric Welch wrote:
> Yeah, well I'd tend to agree. People who are willing to pay for a
> war should
> be willing to see what damages their money paid for. On the other hand, I
> didn't see the photo, so it's hard to confirm. There are plenty of editors
> who don't have the integrity to edit properly. Are they to be
> held up as the standard we should aspire to?

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