Did Fox News Photoshop a picture to make President Bush look taller?

By at 5:27 pm Friday, Oct 1

Compare the AP picture to the Fox picture. Did the President grow a couple of inches? Is he standing on his tip-toes? Did someone at Fox use Photoshop to make Bush appear taller than he actually is? Link (Thanks, Jeff!)

UPDATE: Ari sez: "Fox News did not 'doctor' a photo to make Bush look taller; they took it untouched from the AP. Bush just happens to look taller in that picture because it was taken at a slightly different time, from a slightly different angle. (Of course, you can still argue that they deliberately chose the photo where Bush didn't appear dwarfed by Kerry.).

The "tall" photo from the AP is here

The "short" photo from the AFP is here

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