So now we learn that some of the photos you see in newspapers and magazines are doctored. Some of the photos you see in tv news are faked. Perhaps many of them have been.

Bloggers spotted the fakes among recent war photos carried by Reuters. Also among photos carried by Associated Press. Someone doctored the photos to make battle scenes look worse.

In the AP faked photos we see one Lebanese woman mourning the loss of her home. Two weeks later, same woman. Same mourning. Different house. Really unlucky, that woman. I hope she got a model’s fee.

Reuters ran photos of rockets fired by Hezbollah. Then it ran photos of rockets fired by Israel. Same photos.

There were big stories about a building Israel brought down on the heads of its residents. Ah, but Israel gave us evidence the building collapsed 8 hours after the bombing. So what were the people doing there? Many of the bodies looked - in the videos - as if they had been brought in for the filming.

Reuters ran two shots of a guy holding a picture of Hezbollah’s leader. He was saluting it with glee. The saluting guy was the same in each photo. Only the background changed substantially. Obviously faked.

If you want to see how Hezbollah hoodwinks the world, go to the website eureferendum.blogspot.com. There you will see how they move bodies in ways to get the best camera and video angles. They thoughtfully rehearse and parade their grief for newspeople. And the newspeople eat it up.

So does any of this surprise you?

It does not surprise me. Because big media has been distorting news for years. When not distorting, it has been creating news. Whenever I heard Tom Brokaw say “NBC Nightly News. We make a difference.” I shouted back at the television “You’re not supposed to make a difference, Tom. You’re supposed to report the news.”

Clearly, that was expecting too much.