[piasa]

"Fortunately, the media have risen to the occasion" and debunked the forgery. "The New York Times reported that the photo was forged and they printed both versions. Links to both original photos have been also posted at the journalism school web site (http://journalism.berkeley.edu), he said.

You didn't have to look that far afield to find a debunker, Berkely-critter. A Freeper debunked the image and spotted registered's work, and a whole lot of other Freepers were suspicious of it to begin with, asking the legendary Registered to fess up.

"The media is the guardian of the visual image," Light said.

Uh, sure... tell that to the LA TIMES! LA TIMES DOCTORED PHOTO

[BigSkyFreeper]

Good catch! I completely forgot about that photo!

[onyx]

YES! The LATIMES' "doctored photo" Good going.