Miami newspaper admits picture alteration

The Miami Herald's Spanish-language sister paper has admitted publishing two pictures that were altered to make it appear as if two Cuban police officers were ignoring prostitutes gesturing to a tourist. It was part of a montage in El Nuevo Herald and the alterations were spotted and exposed by the weekly Miami New Times. Within a day El Nuevo Herald's executive editor, Humberto Castello, acknowledged the deceit. The paper, one of the largest Spanish-language dailies in the US with a circulation of 98,000, is owned by McClatchy, the company that also owns the Charlotte Observer, which last week fired a photographer who altered the colour of the sky in his picture. (Via theledger | local)