"In late November, AFP photographer Andrew Caballero-Reynolds snapped a photo of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holding her young son at a Thanksgiving turkey-pardoning event in the briefing room. The image was innocuous. It was also unflattering. And according to Status, the White House made sure AFP knew it."
"The result: the photo was pulled from AFP's wire and automatically scrubbed from the Getty Images library. AFP's director of brand and communications Gregoire Lemarchand confirmed to Status that the agency was made aware the White House didn't approve of the photo while insisting the decision to unpublish was an internal editorial one based on quality and selection criteria."
"Status notes the careful phrasing: the White House doesn't need to issue a formal demand. Making its displeasure known is enough. Status found only one outlet that published the photo before it disappeared: a Swiss newspaper, Tages-Anzeiger."
The Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to control press access, particularly regarding unflattering images. A recent incident involved the White House pressuring AFP to remove a photo of press secretary Karoline Leavitt. This photo was taken during a Thanksgiving event and was deemed unflattering by the White House. The image was subsequently removed from AFP's wire and Getty Images. This incident reflects a broader trend of restricting press freedoms, as evidenced by ongoing legal battles over Pentagon press restrictions and the impact of media mergers.
Read at www.mediaite.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]