'Kate's edited photo a major communication failure’

The Manila Times

'Kate's edited photo a major communication failure’  Eric Baradat, AFP's photography director, criticizes the distribution of a retouched Mother's Day photo of Princess Catherine and her children. Major news agencies withdrew the image due to doubts it raised, prompting Princess Catherine to apologize.  Video by AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews  #katemiddleton  #royalfamily

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00:28 >> We sent this image to clients because it was a long time

00:31 since we didn't see the Princess of Wales.

00:34 It was a question of our public presence.

00:38 And we trust Kensington Palace.

00:40 Usually they send us pictures of the royal family

00:42 and their various activities, celebrations and everything.

00:45 And it's a common practice for the London office

00:48 to get those images from Kensington Palace,

00:51 from the press service of the royal family and distribute it

00:54 to our subscribers around the world in confidence.

00:57 When it became obvious that there were alterations,

01:00 obviously our editors in London talked to the other agencies,

01:03 editors at Reuters, at AP, at Getty,

01:07 and everybody had the same conclusion.

01:12 And everybody agreed that we should not be distributing

01:16 that image.

01:18 It's a breach of trust with our subscribers.

01:20 It's a major communication failure from their side

01:24 to distribute such an image, which raises doubts,

01:27 will only create rumors and make us doubt that she's as well

01:33 as they want her to look.

01:36 And that's how it was important for us to tell it

01:41 and to kill the picture and to communicate to our subscribers.

01:47 We have a duty of transparency.

01:49 We have a duty of trust towards our subscribers,

01:52 towards their viewers, and we have to kill the picture.

01:58 It's absolutely a red line that was crossed there

02:02 in terms of journalism.

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