[Avodah] Geneivas Da'as

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

: R' MB (on Areivim):
: Again, I do not see a problem with (1) omitting the picture, (2)
: blurring the picture so that the alteration is self-evident, (3) noting
: the deletion in a caption to the picture. All of which is equally what
: their readership wants them to do -- but without the misinformation
: about the Sec of State not looking like she's in the loop in the raid.
: 
: Geneivas daas comes from the vast majority of pictures not being altered
: in this way, and therefore the readership thinking that any given picture
: represents reality.
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I was thinking about what R' MB was writing about this subject - that shinui
ha'emes is sheker - and wondering what difference it would be from wearing
makeup, or dyeing one's hair to look younger. Wearing clothing or jewelry
that makes one look wealthier than he or she is. Costume jewelry.
Advertising a business with a Broadway address that really is a mailbox
service. Having a virtual secretary. V'cha'heinah rabbos.


Thoughts?

KT,
MYG