Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened

[Generic Other]

A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump’s inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents.

The photographer cropped out empty space “where the crowd ended” for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obama’s in 2009.


The detail was revealed in investigative reports released to the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act by the inspector general of the US interior department. They shed new light on the first self-inflicted crisis of Trump’s presidency, when his White House falsely claimed he had attracted the biggest ever inauguration audience.

The records detail a scramble within the National Park Service (NPS) on 21 January 2017 after an early-morning phone call between Trump and the acting NPS director, Michael Reynolds. They also state that Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-photos-edited

[Freethinker65]

1. How embarrassing

[C_U_L8R]

2. The cover-up gets them every time

Or in this case, the cropping.

[ADX]

3. There really isn't anything to be said beyond this...

...if this shit isn't the epitome of "pathetic", I don't know what is.

To think that The United States is being "led" by a narcissistic buffoon who pitches a fit and demands that photos of crowds be doctored in order to feed his fragile ego is nothing short of sad, not to mention alarmingly dangerous...

[Generic Other]

4. From Day 1

Sean Spicer calling the NPS all day like a frantic beagle, then Photoshopping through the night. Then yelling at everyone the next day.

[flotsam]

5. Nonsense

Cropping is NOT editing.

Wiki:Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image. The process usually consists of the removal of some of the peripheral areas of an image to remove extraneous trash from the picture, to improve its framing, to change the aspect ratio, or to accentuate or isolate the subject matter from its background. Depending on the application, this can be performed on a physical photograph, artwork, or film footage, or it can be achieved digitally by using image editing software. The process of cropping is common to the photographic, film processing, broadcasting, graphic design, and printing businesses.

[mythology]

6. It absolutely is editing

It's taking a portion of the original image.

[PJMcK]

8. Nonsense

Cropping is one of many tools photographic editors use.

Removing anything from a photograph is editing. What would you call it?