News Agency Deems Kensington Palace Untrustworthy After Kate Middleton Photo-Editing Debacle
justjared.comKensington Palace, the home of Prince William and Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton), has been deemed untrustworthy by a major news agency. Phil Chetwynd, the global news director of Agence France-Presse (AFP) recently sat down for an interview with BBC Radio 4′s Media Show to discuss how the Princess of Wales’ photo-editing debacle has impacted the level of trust that the media has in the Palace.
If you missed it, press organizations such as the Associated Press issued a mandatory kill order after it was determined that a photo of Princess Catherine with her children was edited.
During the interview, Phil addressed how often publications hope to issue a kill order, in the process comparing the Palace to North Korea and Iran. Keep reading to find out more… Phil said that the Palace is “absolutely not” a trusted source after this, via Deadline.
He continued, explaining, “Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source the bar is raised … We sent out notes to all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more vigilant about the content coming across our desk — even from what we would call trusted sources.” A kill order is incredibly rare, with the goal to send one out less than once a year.
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