Busted!
I love it when poor Photoshop skills are outed in a major way. Not to say it’s good that these images make their way to the international press and are passed off as real. No, that’s not good. What’s good is that the fraud was exposed and that the creators and perpetrators are brought to justice in the world court of opinion.
Case in point, the New York Times covered a press release photo of Iranian missiles launching. The original image does appear to have come from an extension of the Iranian government, so whether it was “officially” sanctioned or not is questionable, but the point remains that fakery of this magnitude is photojournalistic blasphemy and needs to be fought as diligently as possible.
