Airbrushing history redux

"Soviet premier, Joseph Stalin, routinely airbrushed his enemies out of images. In this photo, a commissar was removed from the original photograph after falling out of favor with Stalin."

Tuesday, New York Times: On a talk show last fall, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail G. Delyagin had some tart words about Vladimir V. Putin. When the program was later televised, Mr. Delyagin was not.
Not only were his remarks cut -- he was also digitally erased from the show, like a disgraced comrade airbrushed from an old Soviet photo.