Jim Geraghty

Independent's 'Great Depression' Photo Was From 2005 Coat Drive

By Ken Shepherd | April 2, 2008 - 15:41 ET

NewsBusters.org | via Getty ImagesThe April 1 Independent story about a looming "Great Depression" in the United States was positively risible. But as Jim Geraghty at National Review Online noted yesterday, the stark-looking photo for the paper's story (at right via Getty Images) was three years old.:

Their caption: "Disadvantaged Americans queue for aid in New York."

Here's the actual caption from Getty Images:

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