http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200509\NAT20050915c.html
Clearly indicates that segments of the photo were "burned". In other words, they couldn't produce the whole text so they enhanced it with this technique. That is not saying it was doctored in terms of content, but the entire thing was not treated in the same fashion. Imagine what one could do by "burning" some portions of a photo; let's say, areas of the face?
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Exactly that you can really screwup a womans makeup with photoshop or you can give John Kerry an Orange hue. BUT, the orange hue was REAL! LOL