The trust is misplaced because while the photo might be accurate of what the photographer saw as they clicked the button, nothing says its representative of the

The trust is misplaced because while the photo might be accurate of what the photographer saw as they clicked the button, nothing says its representative of the overall scene, or that a different picture of the scene could show a very different description. For an example, consider a side on closeup of a trump campaign speech vs a top down view zoomed out of the whole park. Photojournalists can choose which pictures to use to make an argument, and people are too trusting that there aren't alternatives that more strongly support a different argument The photo doesn't have to be untrue to be misleading