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The US Army is at the centre of a row after Associated Press banned use of official army photos on the grounds that two of them were ?digitally altered? in as many months.<\/p>\n

The latest image<\/a>, which the news agency had distributed to its clients worldwide, shows General Ann E Dunwoody in front of a US flag. <\/p>\n

However, it turns out that when her picture was taken she was actually sat at her desk with a bookshelf behind her<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A US newspaper spotted that the image was an amalgamation of an earlier picture of Dunwoody, with the flag background added later. The original, desk-bound, image of her had already appeared on the internet.<\/p>\n

?For us there?s a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image,? said the agency?s director of photography Santiago Lyon.<\/p>\n

The army released the picture to mark Dunwoody?s recent promotion as the US military?s first woman four-star general.<\/p>\n

?In the original photo, the general appears to be sitting at a desk with a? bookshelf behind her. Three stars on her uniform identify her as a lieutenant general, her rank before Friday?s promotion?,’ the agency confirmed to Amateur Photographer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

?The altered photo? shows Dunwoody in fatigues in front of an American flag. Her rank, affixed to the front of a soldier?s tunic, is not visible.?<\/p>\n

The US Defense Department denied that it misrepresented the general, telling the agency that the photo did not violate army policy. <\/p>\n

Army procedures prohibit the ?cropping or editing of a photo to misrepresent the facts or change the circumstances of an event?.<\/p>\n

?The image is still clearly General Dunwoody,? the US Army?s head of media relations told the agency.<\/p>\n

Associated Press said it will consider lifting the ban once it has taken steps to prevent similar incidents in future.<\/p>\n

The US Defense Department was not available for comment at the time of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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