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This uncredited photograph, with a time stamp of “09 11 01,” was reportedly found in a digital camera amid the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks in New York City in 2001. It was shared and viewed extensively online before being discredited as a hoax.
What was the possible intent behind this altered photograph? How is the audience cheated through this manipulation? How do the ethics of this photo manipulation compare with the ethics of the fairy hoax on page 518?