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Here's the question: Did the Clinton campaign purposefully darken and distort Barack Obama's image in a recent television ad?

Decide for yourself. On the left is the televised image of Obama at the democratic debate in Texas. On the right is the purportedly treated image used in the Clinton ad.

Barack Obama, skin color distortion

DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas believes that not only did the Clinton ad people darken Obama's skin tone, they stretched the photo as well, to give the appearance that Obama had a wider nose.Official Clinton response to the charges:

Asked for comment, Clinton campaign spokesman Jay Carson said, "this is a bogus assertion. Ads look different based on software, screens, computers, television, etc."

Obama's people have no comment.

I'm not really sold on this one. Though I do think the width has been exaggerated, this case seems much more ambiguous than the famous blackening of O.J. Simpson on the cover of Time.

Whatever its merits, the story is out there causing a stir (here, here, here, here, and here, to sample just a few sites). So have at it. What's your read?

Do you think the Clinton campaign purposefully manipulated Obama's image for the ad?
Yes	2018 (55.2%)
No	1238 (33.9%)
We'll Never Know	398 (10.9%)

Filed Under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Featured Stories, 2008 President, Scandal

Tagged: ads, Barack Obama, BarackObama, Democrats, election, Hillary Clinton, HillaryClinton, nomination, president 2008, President2008, primaries, race, Scandal

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