I wasn’t aware of this before, even though it happened about a year ago, so I thought it was worth mentioning.

Apparently, Fox News was feeling unhappy with its treatment at the hands of the New York Times, particularly criticism from reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe.  And so, Fox and Friends hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade proclaimed Steinberg and Reddicliffe “attack dogs.”  They aired photos of the two to accompany the story.

However, they weren’t just any photos.  Fox News had doctored both pictures to make the Times’ men look horrifying.  Their teeth were yellowed, their noses were enlarged.

It isn’t especially surprising, considering Fox News’ apparent belief that the right way to fight the “liberal media” is to be doubly biased in the other direction.  However, how can a network that alters photos outright claim to accurately report the news?

I studied journalism in college.  We learned that even reversing a photo (or publishing a mirror image) is essentially an unethical alteration, or a failure to report the facts.  Compare that to Fox’s use of Photoshop and come to your own conclusions.