Remember this photo from the airbrushed Life & Style magazine cover? If you need a reminder, click here.

I was surprised at the number of emails I received from readers defending this travesty. One reader even stated Michelle and Obama had the same complexion, which is absurd.

The photo on the right was published in Essence magazine. That photo most accurately depicts the true complexions of the Obamas.

In the photo on the left, no one escaped the graphic artist’s airbrush. But Michelle got the worst of it.

The magazine even changed Michelle’s hairstyle to suit their reader’s taste and to make Michelle appear more Jackie O-ish.

If you click on the image and look closely, you can see the trees and the pole through Michelle’s bob in the picture on the left.