White House Press Sec Laughs About Altering Photos After Royals’ PR Disaster

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that the White House isn’t in the habit of editing photos released to the press, following last week’s controversy over the royal family publishing a badly edited picture of Kate Middleton and her children.

During a press conference, CBS News’s political correspondent Ed O’Keefe asked Jean-Pierre whether the White House ever digitally alters photos of President Joe Biden or the first lady before releasing them.

Laughter bubbled up from reporters at the question itself. For a moment, Jean-Pierre seemed genuinely confused. “Digitally altered?” she asked. “Not that I know of. I would say, no. Why would we digitally alter photos?”

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