Thursday, June 25

Picture editing interesting



Here are two images of S.C. Governor Mark Sanford taking the oath of office for the second time in 2007. The picture on the top is from The Wall Street Journal and the smaller one from The Post & Courier, Charleston, SC. It is obvious this is the same scene and the photos were taken within minutes of each other. Notice, however, that the WSJ image has grayed out the background group shown in the P&C image.

And we wonder if we ought to believe what we see in the newspapers or on TV.

BTW: Both pictures were used Thursday morning (June 25, 2009) in the stories about Sanford's absence from South Carolina for five days and his strange confession of dallying in Argentina with a woman not his wife.