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\n\tOne of the world\u2019s largest information companies has claimed that Kensington Palace<\/a> is now not a \u201ctrusted source\u201d after the furor over Kate Middleton<\/a>\u2018s doctored Mother\u2019s Day picture.<\/p>\n \n\tPhil Chetwynd, international information director of Agence France-Presse (AFP<\/a>), advised BBC Radio 4\u2019s Media Show<\/em> that the company has reviewed its relationship with the Prince and Princess of Wales and can rigorously examine future image handouts from the royals.<\/p>\n \n\t Such an announcement would have been unthinkable only a few days in the past, however Chetwynd stated the picture<\/a> raised \u201cmajor issues\u201d for AFP. He admitted that the company ought to by no means have verified its use as a result of it \u201cviolated our guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMiddleton has apologized<\/a> for \u201cconfusion\u201d over the picture, which she attributed to an \u201cexperiment with editing.\u201d Kensington Palace has not commented additional and has declined to publish the unique picture, which was purportedly taken by Prince William<\/a> this 12 months.<\/p>\n \n\tThe picture was principally shared to mark Mother\u2019s Day within the UK, however it’s broadly accepted that the picture served a twin objective of addressing wild social media hypothesis about Middleton\u2019s well being and whereabouts following her stomach surgical procedure in January. <\/p>\n \n\tAsked by Media Show<\/em> presenter Ros Atkins if Kensington Palace is a trusted supply, Chetwynd replied: \u201cNo, absolutely not. Like with anything, when you\u2019re let down by a source the bar is raised \u2026 We sent out notes to all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more vigilant about the content coming across our desk \u2014 even from what we would call trusted sources.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tChetwynd revealed that the most important information companies, together with Associated Press and Reuters, spoke earlier than issuing notices to \u201ckill\u201d the image on Sunday. He stated Kensington Palace was requested if it could present the unique, however the companies didn’t obtain a reply and the picture was pulled.<\/p>\n \n\tChetwynd stated it’s uncommon for media companies to demand that images be taken out of circulation. \u201cTo kill something on the basis of manipulation [is rare. We do it] once a year maybe, I hope less. The previous kills we\u2019ve had have been from the North Korean news agency or the Iranian news agency,\u201d he defined.<\/p>\n \n\tChetwynd added: \u201cOne thing that\u2019s really important is you cannot be distorting reality for the public. There\u2019s a question of trust. And the big issue here is one of trust, and the lack of trust and the falling trust of the general public in institutions generally and in the media. And so it\u2019s extremely important that a photo does represent broadly the reality that it\u2019s seen in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] One of the world\u2019s largest information companies has claimed that Kensington Palace is now not a \u201ctrusted source\u201d after the furor over Kate Middleton\u2018s doctored Mother\u2019s Day picture. 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