{"id":5948,"date":"2014-12-11T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2014-12-11T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:55:47","slug":"sun-times-has-a-little-fun-with-fake-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/12\/11\/sun-times-has-a-little-fun-with-fake-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times has \u2018a little fun\u2019 with fake photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sun-Times,<\/a>

<\/a> Sun-Times, December 10<\/p><\/div>\n

Buyer beware: You can\u2019t believe what you see on the front page of the Sun-Times.<\/a><\/p>\n

Twice in recent weeks, the Sun-Times has published digitally altered photographs with Page 1 sports stories. Both were labeled \u201cSun-Times illustration\u201d in type that was barely legible.<\/p>\n

\"Sun-Times,<\/a>

Sun-Times, November 1<\/p><\/div>\n

On Wednesday, Oakland Athletics pitcher Jeff Samardzija was shown in a White Sox uniform to illustrate a Rick Telander column about his trade to Chicago. That followed a November 1 front page showing Joe Maddon's face on someone else's body in a Cubs uniform to illustrate a story about his hiring as manager.<\/p>\n

Jim Kirk, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Sun-Times, defended the sleight of hand. \"Some sports stories are fun and we had a little fun with the excitement of the trade,\u201d Kirk said Wednesday. \u201cIt was clear the image was a photo illustration and made sure we labeled it as such.\"<\/p>\n

Photoshopped images in news stories are banned by most reputable newspapers and strictly prohibited by most professional organizations:<\/p>\n

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  • The Associated Press Code of Ethics for Photojournalists says: \u201cThe content of a photograph must not be altered in Photoshop or by any other means. No element should be digitally added to or subtracted from any photograph.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • The National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics says: \u201cEditing should maintain the integrity of the photographic images\u2019 content and context. Do not manipulate images . . . in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Sun-Times editors weren\u2019t always so cavalier about the use of fake photos. In 1990, the deputy managing editor for sports was fired for approving a doctored photo of Cubs pitcher Danny Jackson wearing a hockey mask on the mound. It appeared inside the sports section with a story about former Cincinnati Reds teammates calling Jackson \u201cJason\u201d after the character in the \u201cFriday the 13th\u201d movies.<\/p>\n

      In a published apology to readers, editor Dennis Britton wrote: \u201cThe Sun-Times deeply regrets this lapse from standard practice, which will not be repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Buyer beware: You can\u2019t believe what you see on the front page of the Sun-Times. Twice in recent weeks, the Sun-Times has published digitally altered photographs with Page 1 sports stories. Both were labeled \u201cSun-Times illustration\u201d in type that was barely legible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5948"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}