http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/fashion/28RETOUCH.html?pagewanted=2&8dpc&_r=1
This article discusses the "problem" of retouching in the media. The main discussion is on the negative impact magazine and promotional photographs have had on the audience's self esteem. Retouching can be as little as evening out a skin tone to as more complex elongating limbs and piecing together a new human from several different photos. An interesting proposal has been brought to light in France asking all magazines to list the extent to which the photos are retouched. While this law hasn't been passed it would certainly be a more provocative issue than seeing all the models fixed up.