The Case of the Inappropriate Alarm Clock (Part 1) – Errol Morris

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The Case of the Inappropriate Alarm Clock (Part 1)

In the 1930s, a photo of a cow skull leads to charges of photo-fakery and involves FDR, the Farm Services Administration and an enormous amount of press.

via Opinionator: http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-1/

Three different photographs. Three accusations of photo-fakery. Of the three, only one appeared to be an out-and-out fraud, the picture of the cattle and capitol. It appeared in The New York Times on Sunday, Aug. 9, 1936, with the caption: “Cattle Invade a State Capitol. A herd driven from the drought area contentedly grazes on the Capitol grounds at Bismarck, N. D.”