[New Girl]

Thank you for posting this thread.

I was almost part of the news scandal you mentioned above because I shared the photo with ONE PERSON and it was traced back to me. I thought the photo was real!

You'd have to be crazy to doctor a photo and leave "AP" on the photo as the source.

People need to be more responsible. It's one thing if the photo is obviously a joke but this one looked authentic. Apparently, it fooled a lot of folks. This will not earn the conservative cause any points...

[GulliverSwift]

It's much, much easier to fake black and white pictures.

[CedarDave]

In IE you can view the server address which originates a photo posted here by placing the mouse on the picture and clicking on "properties". Yesterday I did that with the Kerry/Fonda photo and saw immediately it was Registered's (members/AOL/registered/... or something similar). I was one of those who quickly alerted the Admin Moderator, and continued to do so as it popped up on other threads almost immediately. It was an excellent fake -- down to the back side of a newspaper bleeding through at the top of the picture (as would happen if you photocopied a newspaper on a good quality photocopy machine). He usually signs his pictures, but this time he didn't. And I agree, it was fun and it fooled a lot of folks who should have been smarter, but it could have done a bit of damage to us and our credibility if it been widely disseminated.