Alterations.

I chose this picture for a variety of reasons. First, I felt that Harper's was a reliable source when compared to some of the other sources like The Enquirer. I was interested in analyzing a reliable source because I wanted to look somewhere unexpected. I wouldn't expect to see as many errors of fact in a respected source. The image used by Harper's was not taken by them, it was selected from a database in Getty Images. The picture wasn't really altered using photoshop, but it was taken out of context. I think that Harper's magazine did this either because they were lazy and didn't want to take a picture on their own, or they wanted to protect the identity of the soldiers. Either way, I don't think that the manipulation was harmful because I can't see any malicious or deceiving intent behind the image. I don't feel as if this image directly hurt anyone.

I chose the following video because I think it really showcases all that you can do with photoshop and just how much you can change an image to look like something it's not. I think that's also why the creator of this video did what they did. They wanted to show the viewer how photoshop can drastically change images.