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February 5, 2012
00:02 • 1 year ago

Oh, and also, the 1991 Russia photo is Photoshopped

Tags: squashed russia photoshop russia presidential elections soviet union russia photoshop mystery

Our reader squashed threw this in a reply to that fake Russia crowd post, confirming that the picture is in fact Photoshopped:

Looked at the big version of the photo myself and confirmed this using pixel matching. Will send a note to Alan Taylor of the Atlantic about this photo. EDIT: Here’s the original photo on AP.

 

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