SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

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fotodave

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Well here's a giant ethical "no-no" in the world of journalism.

In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, an image tech changed the color of the Baylor Bears' jerseys from black to green in a photo in their "Leading Off" section. ;

The magazine has apologized and will run an correction. ; (link below)

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/why-would-sports-illustrated-make-baylors-black-jerseys-green-in-its-magazine.html/

For those of you who aren't in the journalism world, this is pretty major. You cannot deceive your audience. ;
 
Re: SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

makes no sense to me. the team colors are whatever they are. not something open to personal taste
 
Bizarre for sure, but I don't think many would care about jersey color. Colleges sports is such big show business these days it is hardly considered journalistic in my opinion. ; If SI changed the outcome of a catch or field goal for instance then I could see cause for concern. This just seems like some editor changing colors for personal taste.
 
SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

It know that's a huge no-no in journalism, but in all honesty, I don't think very many people would have noticed it since many of the teams wear different jerseys on what seems like a weekly basis. ; I don't remember what some teams actual colors are anymore.
 
"Paul" said:
Bizarre for sure, but I don't think many would care about jersey color. Colleges sports is such big show business these days it is hardly considered journalistic in my opinion. ; If SI changed the outcome of a catch or field goal for instance then I could see cause for concern. This just seems like some editor changing colors for personal taste.
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Ethics, man, Ethics. ; You just dont deceive the audience on anything, no matter how small. ;

And you can consider sports to be show business all you want, at the end of day, sports journalism is still journalism. ;
 
SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

I missed this one the first time around. My opinion is this: you post the picture the way it was shot. Sure you can pretty it up with postprocessing but to fundamentally change an element is just wrong. I am a Philadelphia sports fan and would be irate if someone tried to change the colors of one of my favorite teams uniforms.
 
SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

"Tim" said:
I missed this one the first time around. My opinion is this: you post the picture the way it was shot. Sure you can pretty it up with postprocessing but to fundamentally change an element is just wrong. I am a Philadelphia sports fan and would be irate if someone tried to change the colors of one of my favorite teams uniforms.
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So putting the Flyers in old Devils green and red is a no no?


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"jbwolffiv" said:
So putting the Flyers in old Devils green and red is a no no?
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Hmmm... can't seem to find your Pixelmania shirt order and it seems like your Africa Trek reservation is missing also. ; Too bad, we'll let you know how it was!
 
After reading the linked content from the original post, are the jerseys really black or a dark green? ; They look dark green to me.
 
Thats where I think the error happened. ; They really were black and the image tech most likely thought they were a dark green and adjusted them as he thought they were supposed to be.

That being said, you double check. There were a lot of photos from that game you could have cross checked.

Sports Illustrated cut 5 photographers right before the Olympics as well as some editors & image techs. ; This is just a result of that....

John, nice to see that you lost your African Trek ressie, as a fan of the Orange and Black, I'll gladly take it ;) (j/k)
 
SI Changes Baylor's Uniforms in Post

"fotodave" said:
John, nice to see that you lost your African Trek ressie, as a fan of the Orange and Black, I'll gladly take it ;) (j/k)
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You are a Bengals fan Dave?


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The Philadelphia Flyers. ; See also Bullies, Broad Street. also Artists, Choke (1996).

Actually I don't mind the Bengals, nice to see AJ Green doing well. ; Did a portrait session with him once where I had the choice of a small utility closet or large utility closet. ; Used a sheet from Walmart as a background. ; Worked well.
 
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