The linked screenshots show significant editing of the DBunker post on Kerry's medals that was featured on Good Morning America. The phrase, "he has been consistent about the facts and the symbolism of the medal-returning ceremony" was removed in between the two screenshots enclosed. The first was taken at 9:50 am, the second at 10:26 am, as indicated on the timestamp in the filename.
There lies the beauty of the blogosphere. Four years ago such illicit editing was easy to get away with. A campaign or news organization didn't have to worry so much about making mistakes because they could be swept under the rug with very few people noticing. Today, however, there are millions of people watching every word being published on the internet and through blogs, these people have a voice. They can make themselves heard like never before.
This flap over Kerry's medals is going to hurt him. No matter what he does he's going to look bad to voters. If he says that he stands by his decision to return his medals people are going to wonder why he keeps bringing up his Vietnam service if he was so ashamed of it back then. They're also going to wonder why he kept the medals.
If he renounces his "return" of his medals he's going to lose the faith of a lot of the voters in his leftist base and voters on the right are still going to wonder if he's truly renounced his feelings of the past or if he's just trying to change his image to get a few votes.
Kerry should have nipped this issue in the bud back when it first came up during the primaries. He should have called his actions during that protest the "actions of an immature kid." Instead, he tried to stay on both sides of the issue by claiming to have thrown his ribbons while keeping the medals.
That duplicity is going to cost him.