An interesting example of photo manipulation is a picture that appears to have John Kerry and Jane Fonda speaking together at an rally against the Vietnam War in the early seventies. It was used during the 2004 presidential primaries to discredit John Kerry who was running for the Democratic nomination. However, Kerry was never at an anti-war rally with Fonda. Kerry had been added to the photograph. I chose to talk about this picture because I find it very interesting how even pictures used in national elections cannot be trusted. The one who created the photo used a picture of Jane Fonda at a political rally in 1972 and a picture of John Kerry at a peace rally in 1971. He also wrote the subtitle underneath the picture speaking about the two of them. It was a harmful picture because it was used against Kerry in an attempt to ruin his reputation and keep him from winning the democratic nomination. This picture is no doubt not the only picture used in a campaign to harm one's opponent and was not the last either.
I almost picked this picture too. It is somewhat sad that any picture out in the media could be manipulated somehow, most having to do with politics.
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