So the media has thrown the mother of all tantrums in the UK about a photo being put out, ostensibly by Catherine Princess of Wales showing her with her children. The picture was not issued via the usual media orgs but rather was posted on the Wales’ social media. This mean the media orgs did not make any money on it - and considering the image has generated massive traffic they have lost a LOT of money. And boy are they pissed. So the media orgs have seized on evidence of photographic tweaking and issued a “kill note” which has been trumpeted all over the media, implying all sorts of shady goings on. They are demanding all sorts of stuff, on the back of the recent whirlwind of theories about Catherine that have been all over. It kind of feels like the media is trying to put the Wales in their “place” as subordinate to the media, because they are not controlling what is published and when. They don’t like being circumvented for publishing and it appears that William does not show the media what they feel is the required deference. So what has been a low key media war has now blown up but it’s blowing back on the media as lots of people are now commenting on the blatant double standards shown when they bounced on this image for “manipulation” but totally ignore the photoshop content churned out daily by hollyweird and others. It’s very interest to watch as the media seem to have misjudged the mood and their power totally as people are not buying their BS. Whether they like or dislike the Wales they are calling out the hypocrisy of the media and it’s good to see. It’s like a counterpoint to the Trump fake news branding, this is spotlighting fake photos and PR