trust equation

Thanks to digital tools for performing even major manipulations without detection, the trust equation has been reversed:

• Back in the film era, it was easy for photographers to win viewers’ trust, because the public knew how hard it was to doctor film photographs without detection.

• But in the digital era, it is hard for photographers to win viewers’ trust, because the public knows how easy it is to doctor digital photographs without detection.

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