These offenses have been going on for years, long before the internet. But there does seems to be a rise in the number of reported offenses in recent years. Did the number of offenses go up, or did the fraction of discovered offenses go up?

I suspect the answer is “yes”. Fauxtography, in particular, has been much enabled by Photoshop. But the press has been lying for a long, long time.

Update:

Miniter writes How The New Republic Got Suckered. I don’t think a passive verb is appropriate. Did you know what position Beauchamp’s wife holds at TNR? And who the only person to be fired over the incident is?

Not to be missed.