Cheap And Tawdry Propaganda

The big story over the weekend (big except in the fantasy world of the MSM) was the obviously-doctored-via-photoshop "news" photos put out by Reuters (a Hezbollah subsidiary). Good overview here.

Update: Ann Althouse points out:

Really crudely done photoshopping -- with obvious political intent -- has gotten past the editors at Reuters in the last few days. Quite apart from the dismaying ineptitude of missing the clear evidence of manipulation that bloggers will eagerly and easily throw in their faces, we should worry that there is much more subtle and expert use of photoshopping going on all the time. These recent incidents should wake us up and make us mistrust every photograph that is ever offered up as anything other than an imaginative illustration.

Update: Michelle Malkin video-blogs the Reuters story at HotAir.