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MIAMI (AFX) - The Miami Herald's Spanish-language sister paper acknowledged Friday that it manipulated two photos to make it appear that two Cuban police officers were ignoring prostitutes gesturing to a tourist.
The image, which appeared June 25 in El Nuevo Herald, combined two previously published pictures -- a 1994 photo of the officers by El Nuevo Herald photographer Roberto Koltun, and a 1998 picture of the women and tourist by John Moore, then a photographer for the Associated Press.
Executive Editor Humberto Castello said the newspaper failed to explain to readers that the picture did not depict a real event. AP guidelines prohibit altering or manipulating the content of a photograph.
The problems with the montage were first reported Thursday in the Miami New Times, an alternative weekly. On Friday, El Nuevo Herald published a long explanation to readers along with the original photographs.
El Nuevo Herald said it will offer a seminar to its photographers, graphic artists and editors on ethics and design.
The story focused on a book by Cuban writer Amir Valle, titled "Jineteras," or "Prostitutes," about the thriving industry on the island.
El Nuevo Herald, owned by the McClatchy Co., is one of the nation's largest Spanish-language dailies, with a circulation of about 98,000.
Another McClatchy paper, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, this week fired a photographer who altered the color of the sky in a photograph. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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