Huge hat tip to Little Green Footballs for catching this and following up on it. Check out the repeating patterns in this picture of Beirut, which as of this writing is still on the Reuters wire:
Here’s the picture in its original size:
This photo has obviously been doctored ? so obvious, in fact, that rumor has it even Dan Rather thinks it’s phony! Already the blogosphere has exposed how it was done. It has even uncovered the original photo:
Also, the blogosphere is so quick it has already lampooned the doctored photo (I’d love to give kudos for this, but I don’t know where it originated):
