<p>Target has officially come out to apologize after an embarrassing and very public post-processing mistake has left the company dealing with a PR nightmare. But for many, the apology isn't enough. What the general public is asking is "why?"</p><p>As a few of the astute retouchers who read PetaPixel pointed out when we first reported on the Target mishap, this was probably a masking error, and not somebody just going crazy with an erase tool. Each of the offending images have the same issues in the same spots, so it makes sense that whoever Target outsources their post-processing to was editing multiple images at once and simply screwed up.</p><p>But in an age where the term "Photoshop" is quickly becoming something of a curse word among those who only ever hear it mentioned in the news, Target's woes don't end when they admit it was "an unfortunate error," apologize and have the photos taken down.</p><p>As ABC explains on Good Morning America, people want to know what Target was doing 'Shopping a Junior swimsuit model in the first place:</p><p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2014/03/13/target-apologizes-photoshop-goof-still-dealing-thigh-gap-fallout/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/249862041.html">Target blasted for Photoshop fail</a> (Minneapolis Star Tribune)</p><p><a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/84935/absurd-photoshop-fail-from-target-highlights-what-s-wrong-with-female-beauty-standards">Absurd Photoshop Fail From Target Highlights What's Wrong With Female ...</a> (PolicyMic)</p><p><a href="http://time.com/19938/target-photoshop-fail-thigh-gap/">Can You Spot Target's Incredibly Awkward Photoshop Fail?</a> (TIME)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dxTwQIaZ4FbBmVM_JQ7TDZ2apGbvM&authuser=0&ned=us">125 additional articles.</a></p>
