Media Dishonesty Watch

Michelle Malkin has the goods on USA Today: before and after photos of Condi Rice that obviously were given the ol' USA Today photoshop treatment.

You have to see it to believe it. You can do that now, HERE.

How often have photos been retouched for the benefit of the body politic, especially in the days before web logs?

CONFEDERATE YANKEE weighs in on the ethics of photo-journalism. This is particularly relevant:

Now is when we will discover if USA Today is a responsible news organization, or a tabloid.

Heh.