She is probably right - many times we don't know is a photography edited in Photoshop or not, and we choose to decide the truth. Also, if we know that a photo has been slightly edited, we choose to decide is that level of editing high enough to consider the photo a lie or not. Cheers! : )
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Indeed... but let's consider that "Photoshop" is merely a metaphor for "manipulated information." Somebody with some skills can create an ostensible "report" and make it look like it was issued by an institution of higher learning like MIT or Stanford... the average person sees it and starts citing it (because most people don't exercise due diligence to actually check in with MIT or Stanford) and suddenly an untruth circulates...
Excellent parallel! Unfortunately, you are right, it is easier and easier to spread false information and manipulate data.