"One assumes that this has been going on since print media has existed" For an interesting look in to this, see The Commissar Vanishes: The falsification of im

"One assumes that this has been going on since print media has existed" For an interesting look in to this, see The Commissar Vanishes: The falsification of images in Stalin's Russia. https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/08/commissar-vanishes/ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/08/commissar-vanishes... https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photographs-Stalins/dp/1849762511 https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Phot...