Nonsense. They were not trying to fool anyone into thinking there are no female world leaders, or that they did not attend the rally, and nobody was fooled. I know you’re a photographer, Wolf, but there’s nothing holy or sacrosanct about a photograph that it can’t be altered.
I didn’t read this article, but as I recall, the article that this thread was based on did mention Hillary Clinton’s presence, yet they were accused of misrepresentation.
When someone on the CR claims he’s a goose farmer from Alaska, is that a falsehood? Not in my book, because the intent isn’t to actually present false information as true.
If someone presents himself as both a talmid of Rav Yisroel Belsky and Rav Menashe Klein for illustrative purposes, is that a lie? Not to me.
Their readership knows full well that the absence of a female in a picture doesn’t mean there weren’t any present, and so do all of these journalusts, and all of the commenters here in the CR. Neither the intent, nor the result, was for anybody to have misinformation.