Take a look: http://news.com.com/Pictures+that+lie/2300-1026_3-6033210.html?tag=nefd.lede This photo isn't exactly what it appears to be--nor are the other images that follow in this photo gallery. All were manipulated beyond straightforward cropping of edges or lightening shaded areas. Often they have a key element inserted or deleted. Pictured here is a digital composite of a British soldier in Basra, gesturing to Iraqi civilians urging them to seek cover, that appeared in April 2003 on the front page of the Los Angeles Times shortly after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Brian Walski, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times and a 30-year veteran of the news business, was fired after his editors discovered that he had combined two of his photographs to "improve" the composition. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought it might be worth pointing out that the media DOES lie sometimes, and cannot be trusted *cough liberals-who-always-rely-on-the-media cough*