I did wonder about the photo. I figured, though, that Time was crass enough to use a photo taken after the Challenger explosion or the attack on the Marines in Beirut. Their explanation is ludicrous. Imagine if a conservative paper photoshopped a picture of Bill Clinton groping a woman and tried to present it as accurate.
"Imagine if a conservative paper photoshopped a picture of Bill Clinton groping a woman and tried to present it as accurate."
They could use the Dan Rather defense: "The photo is a phoney, but the story's true."