Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1A. Photo manipulation is an important issue, especially in the middle east. An Orthodox Jewish newspaper replaced two female ministers with males using photo editing. Also, an Iranian missile test was edited by removing a failed missile and duplicating successful launches to make the overall test look better.

1B. This type of photo editing is unethical or acceptable because it takes away from the reality of the picture as a whole, and alters the truth. A picture should be an accurate record of what was happening at a certain time or place, and ultimately should have minimal editing on it.

2A.
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This is the most unethical example of photo editing, because it gives viewers the idea that the two important public figures and enemies met and debated, despite such an event never happening.

2B.
 
This is the least unethical example of photo editing because all that was changed from the original photo was a fencepost that was added, and doesn't really affect the picture at all.