Paris-Match retouched voluntarily
The French people magazine Paris-Match was not acting on the instructions of the Elysee Palace when it released French President Sarkozy from his unflattering belly rolls in a picture. "The only line we pay attention to is the political and diplomatic one," said a government spokesman on Thursday.
The French people magazine Paris-Match was not acting on instructions from the Elysee Palace when it removed the unflattering flab from French President Sarkozy's stomach in a picture. "The only line we pay attention to is the political and diplomatic one," said a government spokesperson on Thursday.The weekly magazine L'Express had uncovered the manipulation at Paris-Match and printed the natural photo. It became apparent that Sarkozy had been embellished electronically. Of course, the rumors about presidential influence regarding the Photoshop retouching are not completely out of thin air. They are based on the close friendship that the head of state and the owner of the gossip magazine enjoy. When the magazine printed a photo of Sarkozy's wife with her now lover on the cover last year, the editor-in-chief had to leave, according to the SDA. The compensation in the form of the missing bacon was made of his own free will, as both sides affirmed.
