It is as phony as the people in it.
Note the photoshopped duplicate books and the piece of the photoshopped finger.
See the original full size here: http://tinyurl.com/TheCommieFamilyAtHome
There’s also a characaturized bust of Gorbachev on the bookshelf, looks like a “spitting image” (Brit political satire show with puppets) trinket from the 1980s. It’s behind Shipman, to her left.
I’m guessing that all these pics are a setup to stir Conservatives up. All fine and dandy for Carney, who’s a Dem political hack. But for Shipman its a major violation of journalistic ethics. Not that there really are any for Liberal journalists.
And there’s a little bobblehead version of Gorbachev on the bookcase on the right side of the photo.