On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:28:50AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> 
> Photojournalism is another matter. Your example of the Iranian  
> missiles falls into that category. Journalists report news. The  
> retouching of a news photograph is unacceptable.
> 
> It's simple.
> 
> Paul

Not really.   Editing in an extra missile is unacceptable, indeed.
But editing out irrelevant distractions (lampposts growing out of
heads, the back of a car that can't be cropped out without losing
an important part of the image, etc.) might be OK.

My guideline would be "does the editing change the story?"



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