Fakin' It

So the final Bush campaign ad features a doctored photo, multiplying a series of soldiers to cover up Bush at a podium.

At first the campaign denied it. Then CNN's Inside Politics ran the story. The campaign reversed themselves and acknowledged it. Then they said that it was the fault of an editor, who did this without the authorization of the campaign. They say he was supposed to simply crop the picture, not doctor it.

I am an editor. That simply wouldn't happen. The producer (in this case Mark McKinnon) would see the ad in full before approving it. He would not just let an editor photoshop a picture. It's bull.

Another fine case of buck-passing from the buck-passing Administration.