Trump assassination photo ‘dangerous,’ ‘free PR for Trump’: anon photojournalists to Axios

According to a report from Axios, a photo editor and photographer from a major news outlet told reporters that the "amount that publications have been using Evan's photo is kind of free P.R. for Trump in a way, and it's dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing that photo despite how good it is."

Multiple photographers have also worried privately, apparenly, telling the outlet that the photos of Trump pumping his fist, the photo of the bullet whizzing by, and others are all a form of "photoganda" that will boost Trump in the election. The photojournalist told the outlet that "no one was talking about how these photos could impact public perception in the rush to get it out."

Another photojournalist thought that the photos would become part of a "propaganda machine" for Trump's image. The journalist thought it would make him appear as a "martyr" after the attempted assassination.

The photos were shot last Saturday during the attempted assassination on Trump. Other shots were also fired, killing one man and critically injuring two others. 50-year-old father and former fire chief Corey Comperatore was fatally shot in the head as he shielded his daughters and wife from the spray of bullets. David Dutch and James Copenhaver are both are in stable condition, though Dutch was put into a medically induced coma.