Katie Couric

After reviewing pictures on the website maintained by the CNet called Pictures that lie, I found myself in awe and the realistic appearances of misplaced objects. I chose to focus on a picture of Katie Couric. I chose this picture because I like watching Katie Couric on t.v. and think that the alterations made present a theme prevalent in society today. The picture originally was released in May by CBS. The image was manipulated to make Couric appear slimmer before appearing in the September issue of Watch magazine, which is owned by CBS. The reason for the manipulation was to make Katie Couric look slimmer. CBS would like to lead the public to believe she is thinner than she really is because sex sells in today's world. Most viewers are more interested in a thin, pretty woman than they would be in a larger-figured woman. Though the picture may not cause immediate harm to Katie Couric or the viewers who see this picture, it's harmful in that it adds to the idea that you need to be ridiculously thin to be pretty. The tabloids do enough harm to young girls convincing them to be thinner, and the news stations contributing to such ideas is harmful in the bigger picture. The original picture of Couric does not make her look fat, rather it makes her look like a normal woman. Personally, I don't think CBS needed to alter her appearance and size and should rethink doing so again.