Photo manipulation & Ethics.

A) The point of the article is that images shouldn't be manipulated in any way. To bring genuine work to published news and how editing images may pose threatening situations to some subjects. It is unfair to people who don't photo shop their work to get more attention. The hard working photographer doesn't get the attention he deserves.

B) In some cases photo manipulation is acceptable, but overall it is a nasty practice. The line is thin when crossing it.

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 This image is probably the most unethical due to the fact that it manipulates peoples opinions on the war. The manipulator wanted to get a specific negative feel towards American Soldiers and took it out all on this soldier, who was later dismissed two days later. The manipulators message lost a soldiers job.

This manipulation causes no one any harm. Just a simple geographical rearrangement to make the picture fit better. It works.