The mayor posted a photo of the Dallas skyline with a cropped-out watermark and no credit. The reaction on social media was less than positive.
When you support our community-rooted newsroom, you enable all of us to be better informed, connected, and empowered during this important election year. Give now and help us raise $4,000 by June 7.The struggle of artists to receive proper credit for their work is a tale as old as time, but sometimes history repeats itself in bizarrely specific ways.for tweeting a photo of the Dallas skyline without crediting the photographer.
"It's not worth it with politicians. They seem to know how to manipulate the situation and turn it around.” “How unprofessional of the mayor of Dallas to put out something on social media, use an image and not even give the“Doesn’t seem like you care about your constituents at all,” read another comment. “You had an opportunity to prop up a talented local photographer and give them credit for their work. You should be ashamed of yourself.”“I will bet that the mayor didn't post this, probably doesn't even know about it,” one user wrote.
“I have deleted a post that included this previously uncredited photo, which I love and was sent to me by a friend,” the mayor wrote. “Thank you Joseph Haubert Photography for such a great shot of our beautiful city skyline.”
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