From: Ellen K. 

No, it was way more than "adjusting for brightness and
sharpness", if you read the comments on the blog from people who work
with photos for a living they pointed out that ONLY the eyes were changed,
and among other things the shape of the pupils was altered.

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:41:34 -0400, Gregg N 
wrote in message :

>Mark wrote:
>
>>Rather than horrible, I'd call it foolish and childish. On the bright side
>>(not talking eyes now ) they're already teetering on the edge of the
>>cliff of irrelevance and these kind of antics help push them either over the
>>edge permanently, or (and this would be my preferred result, but I wouldn't
>>bet on it) wakes them up and gets them tuned back into reporting, rather
>>than manipulating the news.
>>
>>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>>news:7893m1535c5541h9fqqktrnsuopb89bag9{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
>>>That's really horrible.
>>>
>>>On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:29:03 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"

>>>wrote in message :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Lest we have any doubts about the good intentions of the MSM:
>>>>
>>>>http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003780.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
>I think you (and Michelle) may be overreacting. Do you really think this
>was done maliciously, or was it just sloppy image processing done for
>legitimate reasons? Here is the editor's note on the USA Today page. I
>am specifically aware of the "adjusted for brightness and sharpness"
>part, because my father routinely does this via photoshop on pictures he
>takes with his digital camera to compensate for bad lighting or other
>problems.
>
>/Editor's note: The photo of Condoleezza Rice that originally
>accompanied this story was altered in a manner that did not meet USA
>TODAY's editorial standards. The photo has been replaced by a properly
>adjusted copy. Photos published online are routinely cropped for size
>and adjusted for brightness and sharpness to optimize their appearance.
>In this case, after sharpening the photo for clarity, the editor
>brightened a portion of Rice's face, giving her eyes an unnatural
>appearance. This resulted in a distortion of the original not in keeping
>with our editorial standards.
>
>/Gregg

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