[Tenchiro]

Of course they had to spin it as a simple "digital alteration".

Bush Campaign to Recut Doctored Ad
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

INDIANOLA, Iowa - President Bush's campaign acknowledged Thursday that it had doctored a photograph used in a television commercial to remove the president and the podium where he was standing. The campaign said the ad will be re-edited and reshipped to TV stations.

A group of soldiers in the crowd was electronically copied to fill in the space where the president and the podium had been, aides say.

"There was no need to do that," said Mark McKinnon, head of Bush's advertising team who shouldered the blame. "Everyone technically works for me so I accept the responsibility."

The original photograph shows a sea of soldiers sitting behind the president as he stands at a podium just left of the center of the frame. Bush was speaking at Fort Drum in New York on July 19, 2002.

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Personally I don't see the big deal in a image altered for purely asthetic reasons. It isn't like we aren't bombarded by the same thing everyday from a million different sources.

 

[Slugman]

Nit picking crap... it's not as thought the space was empty and they added peoel to make it look full.

 

[Skookum]

it's the administrations subconscious way of expressing their regret of not having enough troops at the beginning of the war. That's what Dr. Phil says anyways....

 

[caboverpete]

I hate old bushy bush with the burning fires of a thousands hells but... why is this newsworthy.

 

[Westy]

I hate old bushy bush with the burning fires of a thousands hells but... why is this newsworthy.

People just love to call out a photochop.

 

[Damn True]

Cloning huh?
A simple, but ameturish, use of photoshop, or a stem-cell research project gone horribly wrong?
Think about it.

 

[genpowell71]

Who cares?

 

[Changleen]

Republicans especially don't care. They like being lied to in every way possible. Right from small little white lies and half truths up to huge glaring falsehoods.