There was an actual case that someone had been fired just because he had edited out a pair of legs as shown on the photo. A man named Allan Detrich who worked for Toledo Blade resigns for having the photo altered. Detrich stated "It should never have been done. I apologize to everyone that I've hurt. I'm going to pursue things for myself now. I hope that the people that I've met and known over the years are still friends, no matter what happens, and I appreciate all the friendships that I've formed in the community and all the eMails that people have sent me." However I believe the legs that had been edited did not compromise the story.

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After researching on various press companies such as The New York Times, Globe and Mail, LA Times I have not found sufficient evidence of any regulations on altering press photos. There are also no codes of ethics or regulations that reside in countries but I believe there are some companies that enforce this. I believe reporters should have the right to enhance the quality of the photo without changing the context of it. Pictures provided should be fact and not mislead or misrepresent the story because they would be challenging their own integrity.

There should be some editing but to a certain extent, for example the pictures I altered in the photo manipulation assignment. I made the pictures a lot clearer and detailed so the viewers can see it more precisely without having to closely examine it. Overall I think editing a picture to improve its quality is fine but to a certain extent that you alter its true form would not be acceptable. In this course we had examined different ways and methods that photographers captured their art and majority of the time, due to their editing it has improved their artwork exponentially.

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