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| Netlore Archive: Emailed photo shows a U.S. soldier wearing a black patch which reads 'Doing the work of...' above the flags of France, Germany and Russia | |||
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Email example contributed by K. Hicks, 21 April 2004:
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Subject: FW: Critical Patch READ THE BLACK PATCH UNDER THE US FLAG This SHOULD be on the front cover of Time, Newsweek, etc. But it won't. Let's you and I "put it there" by forwarding this all around the world (so to speak)! (The flags are France, Germany, and Russia)-- in case you don't know.. Cool. 
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Comments: There's actually a very good reason this photo will never appear on the front cover of Time or Newsweek: it's a fake. The image was created and disseminated by the prolific Registered Media, an outfit that produces satirical graphics in the interests of conservative activism (note the logo — trimmed off in some versions currently circulating — on the lower right-hand side of the image).
More Faux Photos:
Air Force Jets Fly in U.S.A. Formation
Photo purports to show a Veterans Day flyby of T-38 Talon jet fighters in a formation spelling out 'USA' over the "Taj Mahal" building at Randolph Air Force Base.Camel Spiders
Emailed photo taken by U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq show a pair of huge, scary-looking arachnids called camel spiders. Do they really eat human flesh?Dead Mermaid Found in the Philippines
Emailed photos allegedly show the carcass of a dead mermaid found in the Philippines. P.T. Barnum would be proud.
Sources and further reading:
Registered Media
"Bringing Humor and Creativity to the Conservative Message"
Last updated: 04/04/04
