Photo Controversy
The Department of Defense released an altered photo of General Dunwoody, in which the background of her photo was replaced with a U.S. flag. This resulted in the Associated Press withdrawing the photo, beginning an investigation into its circulation of the altered photo, and temporarily suspending its publication of photos provided by the Department of Defense. There was no evidence that General Dunwoody had any knowledge or involvement in the manipulation. Associated Press director of photography Santiago Lyon said, "For us, there's a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image." The Department of Defense said that the alteration did not violate Army policy, which prohibited editing of an image to misrepresent facts or circumstances.
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