Thursday, August 31, 2006

The latest in diet fads: The Photo shop diet!

No need to fast, no need to exercise, it's just a simple matter of a few clicks of a mouse and you'll just melt those pounds away.

It could be the next big thing in the self image world, the photo shop diet!

CBS is finding itself in a wee bit of a media storm over the networks recent publicity photos revealing a svelter version of the soon to be Evening news star Katie Couric.

Only problem is that Ms. Couric has not actually physically lost any weight, she was "shrunk" for the networks publicity rag Watch!

The heir to the Dan Rather chair seems to have magically lost about 20 pounds in a rather quick amount of time, which if she had done like the rest of us would have raised concerns about possible health concerns.

It seems that the CBS press department went on their own in the Couric Diet, deciding without consultation with either Couric herself or with CBS News in their decision to shed her pounds for her.

Trick photography has been in the news quite a bit of late, most recently with the doctored photos by a photo journalist in Lebanon on behalf of the Reuters service. The doctored photos resulted in a firing and promise to be more aware of their finished product from now on.

CBS mindful of their own troubles over the years with questionable news presentation, will surely be equally as cautious as they roll out the new anchor goddess on September 12th.

No doubt keeping their PR people closer to the office and far away from the photo shop software.

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