The Russian Orthodox Church has apologised for showing a photo of its leader Patriarch Kirill that was doctored to airbrush out a luxury watch he was wearing.

BBC: Patriarch Kirill, 3 July 09 - screen grab

On Christmas Day, you will be able to down as much pudding as you like, safe in the knowledge that you are wearing fashion's equivalent of an airbrush.

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Governor Romney, you keep trying to airbrush history here.

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But on Monday Mr Mandelson insisted the government was committed to the full implementation of the Patten report, but in a balanced way "that does not airbrush the history of the RUC".

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This is the kind of reality that gets ignored in the noisy build-up to a prize fight, and what makes "On Freddie Roach" so absorbing is its subject's refusal to airbrush any blunt truths.

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In this part of the world, it is not uncommon for new leaders to airbrush their predecessors out of history such is the fate, for example, of Egypt's Sadat and Tunisia's Habib Bourghuiba.

NPR: Historian Robert Satloff

One of the more troubling aspects of the Western media coverage of the tumult in Egypt over the past two weeks has been the media's move to airbrush out all evidence of the protesters' anti- Semitism.

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In rejecting the one approach, Sir Ernst was almost bound to abandon the other, for both virtually airbrush away the one paramount thing that makes painting distinctive from the other arts: that it is a visual medium.

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The DUP's Mervyn Storey said many people wanted to "airbrush the gallant history" of men and women who served in the B-Specials and UDR, but said that would not happen as long as members of his party were in the assembly.

BBC: Debate on the 40th anniversary of UDR