I rehosted the photo on imgur.com. That way, they can't delete it or change it.
If you download both versions and run a binary compare, you will find that they are the same length (58,961 bytes) and bit-for-bit identical.
Anyway, is it possible that the angle of the shot is causing the light to reflect differently off of the ink?
That's possible.
It's also possible that the color shift is caused by over-compression. When you save a JPEG, you can set the compression level on a scale of 1 to 100. 80-90 will give excellent quality but a relatively large file. If you go for, say, 20, you will get a small file, but you run the risk of introducing noticeable compression artifacts.
Also, this second CNN photo is signed by a different photographer. Perhaps their cameras are different and the first photographer had a better lens or higher resolution/density?
The two photos definitely appear to have been taken by different cameras (or possibly the same camera with different settings). The first photo has ColorSync profile sRGB built-in. The second has no ColorSync profile.
Is it possible that compression would treat the ink on one part of the photo differently than other parts of the same photo? Is it possible for compression to alter just the part that is most suspicious, and not even be streaky throughout the whole photo?
It sounds like the first camera is more sophisticated and capable of taking truer color photos?
I think I know the answers. You can treat these as rhetorical questions if you like. Thanks for your knowledgeable answers.
-PJ