Editor’s Note
A picture on the front page of The Metro Section on Tuesday with an
article about flooding caused by the recent northeaster showed an
antiques shop in Ridgefield, Conn., being washed away. The wood siding
at the far left of the building was out of alignment because the
picture was retouched by a Times staff member who took the picture, but
who is not a staff photographer. He altered it because a flash created
a white spot on the picture when he shot it through the window of a
train. Also, the retouching tool left a round circle on the building’s
window at right.
Times policy forbids the manipulation of any
photograph. Had editors been aware of the manipulation and seen the
original picture, they would have either published the picture with the
blemish or not used it. Link
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