They used to say photos don't lie. They were wrong
Can you ever really verify a photo? That’s a question media outlets are facing with renewed scrutiny in the wake of two 'digitally enhanced' images of the Royal Family. But they're far from the only establishment to distribute handout images to the media, and they're also not the first to alter one.
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![A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934. The photograph, one of two pictures known as the 'surgeon's photographs,' was allegedly taken by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, though it was later exposed as a hoax by one of the participants, Chris Spurling, who, on his deathbed, revealed that the pictures were staged by himself, Marmaduke and Ian Wetherell, and Wilson. References to a monster in Loch Ness date back to St. Columba's biography in 565 AD. More than 1,000 people claim to have seen 'Nessie' and the area is, consequently, a popular tourist attraction. A supposed photo in black and white of the loch ness monster peering out of the lake.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5273449.1691617039!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/3422579.jpg)
Can you ever really verify a photo? That’s a question media outlets are facing with renewed scrutiny in the wake of two 'digitally enhanced' images of the Royal Family. But they're far from the only establishment to distribute handout images to the media, and they're also not the first to alter one.