For a good well funded news desk, proof of provenance for images is part of the process. You dispatch your photo editors to verify and make sure the image is co

For a good well funded news desk, proof of provenance for images is part of the process. You dispatch your photo editors to verify and make sure the image is correct. They have always done this. Which is why when things like this: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/may/14/pressandpublishing.iraqandthemedia https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/may/14/pressandpublis... happen, it was an editorial decision rather than a "mistake" (this is the same bloke who lied under about hacking a child's answerphone.) For journalism thats given away as a side effect, rather than the main business, they don't have the same time and money to verify anything