USA Today ad

I know that people have a lot of leniency with what they say/imply about celebrities, but I was wondering what you thought about this:

http://www.wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?post_key=5772&photo_key=12612

Apparently mug shots are in the public domain, but I can't help but think this was pretty tacky. It just screams "I lack creativity but still want a lot of attention."

Plus the graphic design sucks. The end.

Ethics and Photo Editing

Check out these two images from the two Detroit papers' sites (click to link to site). Both have text stories about the possible suicide of a news anchor that read pretty much the same. But the photo editing choice of deciding to run her promotional headshot vs. her police mugshot changes the way the story plays on the page.
Which would you have run?

Jezebel link

Here's the link to the Faith Hill coverage on Jezebel.

above all things ... ethics

Let's roll, people. It doesn't matter if you're old world or new world, decision-making matters. Check out this new case of "what in the world were they thinking?" in Golfweek magazine. It's the kind of thing that costs designers jobs. But it has far more than pragmatic implications.
What are designers' responsibilities? What kinds of process problems might have led to this debacle? If you were the youngest person in that shop and saw the cover mockup, would you have said anything?