Boneheaded propagandists unite!

Well, after the "zebra incident", "OJ dark or darker" debacle and countless other alterations of news and "documentary" photos (both in digital and "traditional" domain) this just had to happen... Propaganda pictures from the launch of ballistic missiles by Iran show a fourth missile (which apparently did not fire) happily (?) reaching for the sky!

As an aside, rumor has it that the Iranis have ordered 25 000 metric tons of green paint to paint the grass in Teheran "to make a good impression."

See also this entry for something totally opposite yet strikingly similar: http://verbatizm.blogspot.com/2008/06/same-old-same-old.html

The picture as obtained by Associated Press:

And as published by many news outlets around the world, obtained by AFP via Sepah:

Both pictures: (c) The New York Times/Agence France-Presse/Associated Press

Note: If either AP, NYT or AFP have a problem with using these photos here, please let me know and I'll remove both. For now I consider it "fair use" (this is a non-commercial blog.) The Sepah people can get stuffed!