ZDF, one of Germany’s public television networks, has released and deleted a modified photograph of a nuclear plant in a Facebook post, sparking mockery and outrage at a time of intense debate over the low-emission power source’s future during a worldwide push for decarbonization. Like the BBC in the United Kingdom, ZDF is funded in part by compulsory television license fees. Every German household must pay those fees regardless of whether they own a TV, though the fees can be reduced in some cases. The original photograph shows two cooling towers issuing white water vapor. The altered photo, which accompanied a “ZDF heute” Facebook post, depicts what looks like a black cloud of smoke around the towers. The photograph for that post has since been changed. In a follow-up post on the same Facebook thread, ZDF claimed the smoky shade was produced by a dark Photoshop layer in order to …