Jump to full article: Examiner.com (National), 2009-08-19
Author: Progressive Examiner D.K. Jamaal
Intro: The Arizona Republican party is in hot water this week for publishing a photo of President Obama smoking a cigarette. . . .
The photo of Obama with the cigarette dangling from his mouth is a classic Photoshop disaster, culled from an original taken by one Kwame Ross at a University of Illinois campus visit during Obama's 2003 Senate campaign.
The widespread availability of the doctored photo likely deceived the Arziona Republican Party officials into assuming it was real, as this digital hoax has been circulating online long enough -- almost two years -- to make it seem like a stock photo.
Obama has been forthright about the difficulty of weaning himself off cigarettes, but the photo on the cover of AZGOP newsmagazine is not evidentiary of the President's personal battle with nicotine addiction.
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