Photo journalists at the Star and other ethical news organizations have strict policies against digital manipulation of images to create fraudulent images. I would like to think that most readers understand that this is a basic ethical principle of photo journalism and that our readers understand that what some dub “fauxtography” — images that have been faked by various means — has no place in the Star or indeed, in any serious news source. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWBut recently, the Star received an email from a high-placed public official questioning the veracity of a photo published in the Star that depicted another high-placed public official in a public place. The underlying principle is that multimedia journalism documents reality and should not depict contrived situations or altered images. If the moment passes without being recorded, it should not be restaged in order to make an image,” it states.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 09:56 UTC