Post by tcrashfx on Apr 4, 2007 4:07:26 GMT -5
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
By Michael Davis
Staff Writer
By Michael Davis
Staff Writer
A Chattanooga Internet firm doctored a photo of White House aide Karl Rove to show him holding a folder with the company's logo, fueling speculation in the blogosphere that the president's top adviser is running White House correspondence through a nongovernment e-mail system.
"It's easy for people to plant disinformation and misinformation out there," said Josiah Roe, executive vice president of Coptix, based in St. Elmo.
Mr. Roe said the company altered the photo and placed it on the Internet after bloggers implied that Coptix was involved in a "vast right-wing conspiracy" because the company -- along with another local firm, SmarTech -- provides an Internet service for the Republican National Committee.
A domain name set up by the RNC, gwb43.com, appeared on correspondence between White House officials discussing U.S. attorney vacancies, The Associated Press reported. The subsequent firings of eight federal prosecutors have sparked a Congressional investigation.
