That was *labeled* as a fake by Registered when he published it. The Left simply left that part out of their spin.
The real picture is posted above *and* on snopes.com (url to that is also above).
Several things, the photos, real, fake, and sources for the composite are prohibited by their creators from appearing ON FR.
Which is odd because the only OWNER of the fake is the guy who created it, not the guy who’s photos he used. In the absence of a court order, the ownership of the image does not transfer.
The Lefties at Snopes got a notice from Corbis which made them revise their copyright information but I doubt they PAY Corbis for the image that they host on their own servers. And I know they aren’t paying the creator of the hoaxed image (which can be found here on Snopes where they kept the topic alive).
http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/kerry2.asp
I seriously doubt that ANY journalists saw the photo when it was posted originally in that thread. As I say, it was generated and the post pulled rather quickly (someone probably rightfully hit the abuse button).
DU trolls did the rest.