More Sussex PR antics

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Imagine using the victims of a school shooting for attention and PR. There seem to be no depths to which this pair will not sink

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13178107/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-pay-surprise-visit-sister-teacher-killed-Uvalde-school-massacre-sing-happy-birthday-heartwarming-clip.html

Dw they’re still in line to the throne, their reputation being damaged by and to Twitter people doesn’t mean anything in the real world. The pitchforked mob hasn’t really materialised to snatch their titles. Interesting to see you now claim to take the ‘media’ so seriously 😉

Harry and Meghan on the other hand, they haven’t recently bragged about any lucrative contracts being signed…oh dear, their reputation seems to be damaged in a tangible way indeed 🫢

I’m sure most of us would rather be accused of a photoshop fail than of grief vulturing, even if you apparently wouldn’t.

I don't care either way I think both are bad with their PR.

And feom what I read they didn't take their own photographers it was a photo shared by a family member so to be honest I'm not really bothered by that than if they had taken their own photographers

Previous posters have already explained how this was clearly an engineered situation with a clear agenda. The exploitation of a vulnerable grieving person, in the pursuit of winning headlines doesn’t bother you? Interesting stance 😉

I doubt very much that a leave of absence following surgery and amateur attempt at editing a family photo is going to bring down the monarchy no matter how much PR harm the nutters visitors from X believe this has caused

In a few weeks when it's back to business as usual for Kate, they will all crawl back to the cess pit in which they belong
(and I do not need any so called 'predictions' about when you believe she will actually return unless you are a genuine certified psychic and not psychiatric case)

H & M on the other hand, are still no closer to back being the royals they so desperately want to be. Life is bitch!

Said it better than me 😆

Are you ok OP?

Right as rain hun, thanks for asking xx

How very patronising 🙄

This is a blip. Something, which will blow over and be forgotten about even if it has set a precedent and changed protocols for media outlets. The royals most certainly aren’t infallible. They’ve just been naive and have also learned something. Amalgamating the best bits of a few pictures taken at the same time on the same day isn’t lying.

Desperate pair.....

I lost a teenage family member in traumatic circumstances. The press knocking at the door was bad enough, but if those two showed up, I'd tell them where to go too. Who are they, and what do they represent? It's surreal to turn up uninvited. They must have such a high opinion of themselves to think their presence would do anything other than disturb the family's privacy, something they themselves seemed keen on when they left the world of cutting ribbons and shaking hands. I don't understand them.

The photo agencies may have created a rod for their own backs now. If this truly is their standard (for a personal family photo, not reportage) then every single time they publish an edited photo they will get a barrage of comments pointing it out. There's been hundreds of examples of this just in the last day.

Every celeb does this. Crikey, Chris Ship from ITV has a highly edited photo as his profile pic.

I think maybe you’ve misunderstood the magnitude of this edit.

it was edited 26 times. Not 16. 26 changes.

The majority of the pixel compression is Kate’s face and kids hands. ie that’s what has been majorly changed. It was saved twice in adobe photo shop on a Mac computer and is a composite image, ie images brought in from other photos.

this isn’t a simple enhancement, the sheer magnitude of the editing means its authenticity is questioned and that’s why the agencies killed it.

this is far from she applied a filter and smoothed it out, or some other amateur photo shopping. Some sophisticated digital tools were used to create a composite image and that meant the agencies had no option but to issue a kill notice.

Agree. Shambolic.

Also think the agencies have been relatively discrete in their public explanations.

Yes the agencies are saying they won’t be drawn on it. But many very reputable people have access to the forensic software. The level of detail that can be seen is astounding, they know the camera, the lens, the time, what software to edit it, they can see where the pixels have been compressed, ie where they have swapped the pixels out, where they have added and deleted.

I think though some folks think it’s just she touched it up and enhanced it and the agencies pulled it.

that’s far, far from the truth, they all took this step for a very solid reason. The pictures authenticity is heavily in question. If it was just a filter and touch up it would have continued to fly.

It’s the sheer magnitude of the editing that has called into question its authenticity. Leaving them no option but to pull it.

The level of detail that can be seen is astounding, they know the camera, the lens,

This is called metadata and is available on every digital image. Look at a photo you’ve taken on your phone, swipe up, and prepare to be amazed…. 🤣

Anyway, given you don’t know the absolute basics about digital photography I’m not minded to pay much attention to the rest of your post.

@Serenster do you think the media agencies have been heavy handed here?

I think they’ve acted in accordance with their terms and conditions.

https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/kate-middletons-photoshop-fail-mocked-by-sources-close-to-meghan-markle-prince-harry-would-never-make-that-mistake/news-story/5c78faace645bf7e42a98b3293a38a54

As I recall, Meghan and Garry have released plenty of photoshopped pictures themselves!

@Serenster do you mean the agencies have acted in accordance with their T&Cs or KP acted within the T&Cs?

God the pair of them can’t see an opportunity without wanting to get in on it. Anything to leap frog on the back of any publicity.

I mean the agencies acted in accordance with the t&cs (I presume - I’ve not reviewed them! And there was obviously a domino effect going on which can influence internal decision-making).

It’s all a bit strange though because these sorts of edits are so common now. There must be countless similar examples