The San Francisco Chronicle and other publications appear to be using a retouched photo of Saddam Hussein today. Or is it a different photo taken a nano second later. In this age of electronic manipulation what once might have been considered evidence is no longer a sure thing. The SF Chronicle’s print edition’s front page (not on the Web site) published a photo of Hussein holding his index finger up and obviously yelling. [*We found this graphic here (PDF file).]But in what appears to be the same photo on the front page of the New York Times, also with photo credit given to David Furst, there is another person’s arm trying to grab Hussein’s wrist as if he is trying to force Hussein’s hand down. [*We found this graphic here.] The New York Times does not credit Agence France-Presse but calls it a Pool photo by Furst.It is extremely hard to tell if it is the same phot. The mouth expression is exactly the same, the hand position is also exactly the same. Both appear to be captured at the same moment in time. InfoWorld called the Chronicle and the Image Department said they did not retouch the photo but said it was checking to see if Agence France-Presse, the agency that sent them the pic, did. For any news organization, the retouching of a news photo is a against all the rules of journalism.What do you think. Retouched or not? Technology Industry