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To: mlo
There are also photographs and it is not blacked out there.

So which one is the fake one? And don't tell me they're the same document because they're not

267 posted on 02/05/2009 6:52:31 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Obama says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

You say they are not, why?


269 posted on 02/05/2009 8:03:26 AM PST by mlo
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To: Las Vegas Ron
>>>There are also photographs and it is not blacked out there.
So which one is the fake one? And don't tell me they're the same document because they're not

Here we're getting into some parsing. The two photos aren't the same "document" because they're not the same photo; the claim, and I have seen nothing to indicate otherwise, is that all the pictures in circulation are photos/scans of the same piece of paper. The redaction was done to the photo after the fact.

The photo with the number redacted is an altered photo, but I wouldn't call it a "fake," because it is what it purports to be. Obscuring part of a photo is an established and practice in photojournalism, generally considered ethical, as long as it is stated or obvious that the image has been altered.

272 posted on 02/05/2009 10:25:18 AM PST by ReignOfError
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