The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick for digitally manipulating photographs in three instances dating back to 2009, which violates the NPPA Code of Ethics requiring images not be altered in a misleading way. A graphic design student also admitted to creating and spreading on Facebook a fake photoshopped photo of tornadoes she claimed to have taken from her apartment after it was broadcast on the news, showing how easily manipulated images can spread online.

1. PHOTO EDITING

3. From the NPPA Code of Ethics:
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Editing should maintain the integrity of the photographic
images' content and context.
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Do not manipulate images or add or alter sound in any
way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.

6. The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick on Friday after finding
three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs.

7. The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick on Friday after finding
three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs.

13. After a string of tornadoes in the midwest, a graphic design student in Michigan posted on her
Facebook page a photo of funnel clouds which she claimed was taken from behind her
apartment.The photo quickly spread across Facebook until it was posted to the Facebook page
of local station WNEM and, ultimately, broadcast on the news.Afterwards, the student admitted
that the photo was a fake, saying,“I AM SO SORRY EVERYONE! I Photoshopped that photo of
the tornado. I didn’t really think it would be so big!”