On War Porn in the Senate

Senators Just Passing Around Fake Pictures of bin Laden on Their Blackberries | Swampland: "But what’s even worse is that some unidentified senator, according to Ayotte, felt compelled to start passing this bogus image around to his or her lawmaker pals on an “electronic device.” (Read: cellphone.) Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss was duped by this casual hoax too. “I was shown a photo by an individual that was represented to be a photo of bin Laden after he’d been shot,” he said. “It appeared to be an accurate photo. It was not an official photo.” When asked why he thought it was real, Chambliss said, “Well, it looked like it was a picture of bin Laden.” Yikes. Photoshop has been around since 1988. Reckless hearsay, on the other hand, is at least as old as the United States Senate."