deception by the NY Times

Hi all! It took some time to find a blog name that was available...there are a lot out there with deception in the url (and perhaps they're worth visiting?). Anywho, hope that this title works.

Something that I actually had in my inbox from months past was a short news brief from the NY Post about deceptive real estate photographs printed in the NY Times. I initially had it because at the time my brother was looking for a house on the outskirts of the city. But I think I saved it because this wasn't the typical story about another photograph wrongly representing a person or place for self enhancement. This was about a house...a house shown by the NY Times in a piece on unmaintained homes. Seemingly there was no vested interest in the portrayal of its property value (but who knows, maybe it did?). Thephotographer wasn't scheming to sell it; quite the opposite, he made it look unsellable. So. Before starting my search for the deceptive photographs of people...I thought I would segue in with a deceptive photograph of a home. Interesting thing to be deceptive on, no? An uninhabitable home. This (I imagine) is where the question always gets raised: is technology really enabling easier deception... or is it simply making the deception more apparent? And is this deception appearing more rampant because those in 'power' positions are using it to sell (very visible) articles?

Article (& linked photos) here if you want to check it out: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_32D7Wx874t6Bzud0KMs2KJ;jsessionid=6BE7833874204F6870D24781C5EF24A