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It seems the web people at the L.A. Times forgot that certain tags pop up when a mouse rolls over a photo on the paper's site. A reader sent me this screen grab of the tag the Times is using for photos related to the Marines caught taking a leak on the bodies of dead Taliban in Afghanistan. Look closely and you'll see "Piss probe."

Tags, URLs and alt text all count as editorial content these days, for better or worse.

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