From: "Gary Britt" 

Adjusting the entire picture for brightness and contrast is NOT what the
photo person did.  If that was all they did it wouldn't have been a
violation of USA Today's policy.  It took selecting just the area of her
eyes and changing just the eyes.  That's obviously intentional and what
violated USA Today's policy.

I doubt USA Today would have made a retraction however if there was an
internet where widespread dissemination of information was possible.

Gary

"Gregg N"  wrote in message
news:4361ab81$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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 The photo has been replaced by a properly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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