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Bloomberg TV apologizes for photoshopped Clinton promo

Bloomberg Television apologized after releasing a promo image for Bloomberg’s coverage of Hillary Clinton’s afternoon news conference that was photoshopped, reports Mark Joyella of TVNewser.

Joyella writes, “After users on Twitter and elsewhere questioned the image, the network responded:

“Bloomberg pushed out the promo graphic early Tuesday, using it in social media efforts ahead of the Clinton event, and sending it to newsrooms including TVNewser. Keen observers noticed the poor fit between Clinton’s face, hair and body, and questioned the image.

“The network’s explanation, that it was somehow faster or easier to Photoshop Clinton than to simply use one of the tens of thousands of available images of the former First Lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State led some to suggest the unflattering image was intentional.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.