…aka “how much is true?”

Much has been said about the situation in Iran, and the supposedly “fixed” election results in favour of the controversial Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. However, our media are doing themselves – and all who care about objectivity and truth – a major disservice.

Usually one would point the finger for this sort of thing at the likes of Fox News, but this time it is our very own humble BBC that is behind what can only be described as a rather rubbish attempt at Photoshop phuckery-phoo propaganda. It is a well-established formula: take a suitable image, crop out the inconvenient bits, and rehash it as something completely different.

Sixty years ago genuine photographic expertise was required to produce these effects; these days any monkey can sit in front of a PC and turn a horse into a cow.

It is dangerous, and we should be vigilant. Next time, the next person photoshopped into a compromising situation could be you.