You are obviously missing the point. The fact that someone altered the photo is not in dispute. The fact that CNN WOULD do it is not in dispute. What IS in dispute is whether or not it was CNN. As I pointed out in another post, this would not be the first time someone on the right has made a photoshop of someone and tried to say it was the real deal.
So the question is: IS THERE ANY PROOF THIS WAS CNN?
Well, as politely as I can say it, please have carnal congress with yourself.