Airbrushing/Rewriting History – UPDATE

As the Obama Replaces McChrystal with Petraeus story broke, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds noted that MoveOn.org had quickly removed its long-standing “General Betray-Us” ad, and snarked:

Have you noticed how these people are always airbrushing? It’s kind of an admission that their stuff won’t sell if they tell the truth. . . .

They are very busy bees. Over at Ann Althouse’s site, one comment began the arduous work of re-writing history on the internet with this forehead-slapper:

The same guy who the right wing dubbed “General Betrayus”…that same guy. I do wish I was born with the short life memories possessed by the neuvo-recht.

Hmmm and Hmmm.

It is very difficult to airbrush or re-write history in the age of the ‘nets. Unless, of course, you manage to increasingly regulate media until you have have ultimate power over it.

Just One Minute has more about airbrushing

UPDATE:
For another side to this coin, go back to Instapundit and catch the links on how the left responds to judges who thwart their will