The fake photos were because Nixon was told it might not be

Comment on Apollo Moon Landing Hoax – More Photographic Proof by T. Thatcher.

The fake photos were because Nixon was told it might not be possible to get good tv reception from the moon but he wanted to flaunt the landing because of the cold war race we were involved with. Pure political propaganda. The fakes were originally made to be used in the event we could not get the actual transmissions from the moon. This was political hi-jinks and had nothing to do with the question of NASA’s technical capabilities of putting a man on the moon. They could, we did.
As feared the transmissions could not be received (or possibly for security reasons, shown) so we showed the fakes. The still photos were released as the scenery (rocks, background, etc.) had to match the tv transmissions.
Defending the intelligence and/or integrity of the men and women who accomplished this is not even relevant to the question of hoaxed pictures.
One of the major problems here is that people on both sides of the argument fail to realize that faked moon pictures are only evidence of faked moon pictures, not a faked moon landing.
A little logic please. Consider:
1. Faked moon pictures do not mean the landing was faked.
2. That the landing was real does not mean the photos are real.
Stop debating until you at least know what the subject is. I tell you the photos are fake, you try to prove the landing was real. You cannot see the disconnect? Your lack of critical thinking demonstrates you would all make very poor quality researchers, scientific or otherwise.