Gun Control & RKBA

My Masters is in Photography and the Photo department at Texas A&M Commerce is in the Journalism school. As such I got a healthy dose of Journalistic ethics in all my courses. The emphasis of my degree was Commercial Photography but a prerequisite was Journalism 101; an overview of print, video and film news. Even in the Commercial world truth in advertising is part of the ethos. I was taught that in the '50s it became illegal to put marbles in soup when making illustrations for sales (the marbles push the solid ingredients to the surface making the soup look more hearty). So journalistic honesty is a big deal to me and to others steeped in the field.

The power of persuasion inherent in presenting media to the public is not something to be taken lightly even on discussion boards. With the ability to manipulate imagery today it is even more important to delineate honest fact from political and personal coloring. I can make any photograph look like anything I want and now there's even Deepfake. There is a place in discourse for emotion, feelings and gut reactions. There's a place for art vs reality but that line must be clear. That's why Newspapers have separate sections for the opinion page and Letters to the Editor.

Again, I accept your honest apology and ask that you understand my passionate reaction.