[Ruth A.]

Light was a 20-year-old photographer when he captured a sober-looking Kerry addressing a crowd of Vietnam War protesters in Mineola, New York, wearing the anguished Lincolnesque expression that's become a virtual trademark.

Actually, Kerry was sitting in his photo and it didn't look as though he was addressing anyone. So, I think Light is taking liberties with his description of the picture. Also, Lincolnesque seems more like squinting in the sunlight. Now, Kerry is just haggard when he is without Botox.

I can see Kerry's legs straight out in the composite while Jane is standing with a microphone. Someone should have thought that seemed mighty strange. Perhaps, that was Registered way of clueing folks in that it was fake.

[js1138]

Even before the Times published the first story citing the photo without qualification, Snopes.com, a website devoted to exposing urban legends, had correctly labeled the creation a forgery, tracking down and posting the original photos used to create the composite.

Another clue, also pointed out in the original thread, was that the headlines "bleeding through from the other side of the paper" were upside down.

[AmericanVictory]

Does that mean that the NYT is clueless?