via nytimes.com
" 'The very nature of photography was to record events,' said Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Dartmouth University and a detective of photographic fakery. 'You'd think there would have been a grace period of respect for this new technology.' "
Grace period? No thanks, said the editor who thought Lincoln would look better with the body of John Calhoun. This and other early examples of editorial photo meddling in an article by Bill Marsh in today's NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/23/weekinreview/20090823_FAKE_SS_ind...