Why is cropping better? Is it important to the story where she was sitting or standing?
Yes. It is rewriting history to present a picture as factual and to alter the picture without informing the audience.
It bothers me just as much when ywn posts pictures of certain events and it’s the same picture every time (ie. obama golfing). Either the picture is as true as the story or don’t include a picture.
No one would have complained if they chose a picture with (a) microscopic women or (b) a picture that happened to have not contained any women.
Altering a picture shows that you cannot be trusted to give over a true unaltered story.