@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 6 months agoThat photo of a smiling Secret Service agent is fake: Beware the disinfo around the Trump shooting.www.politico.commessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1175
arrow-up1175external-linkThat photo of a smiling Secret Service agent is fake: Beware the disinfo around the Trump shooting.www.politico.com@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarememfreelinkfedilink50•6 months agoIn case anyone just wants to see the pic: from: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/images-trump-secret-service-smiling-after-shooting-are-fake-2024-07-14/
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink47•6 months agoThank you for posting a version that has a label on it. I don’t mean that sarcastically or anything.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoAgreed, this should be standard practice to avoid unintentionally spreading misinfo
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink27•edit-26 months agolooks real enough for old people to fall for it. I’ve seen worse edit: I shouldn’t even say old. people of all ages buy into fake ass photos
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoSure but if i spent all day talking about what stupid people would believe I’d be wasting time
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•6 months agoI hate misinformation as much as the next guy but I kind of want to send around an altered version with everyone smiling, including Trump. It’d look like they were horsing around.
In case anyone just wants to see the pic:
from: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/images-trump-secret-service-smiling-after-shooting-are-fake-2024-07-14/
Thank you for posting a version that has a label on it. I don’t mean that sarcastically or anything.
Agreed, this should be standard practice to avoid unintentionally spreading misinfo
Omfg it looks so fake
looks real enough for old people to fall for it. I’ve seen worse
edit: I shouldn’t even say old. people of all ages buy into fake ass photos
Sure but if i spent all day talking about what stupid people would believe I’d be wasting time
I hate misinformation as much as the next guy but I kind of want to send around an altered version with everyone smiling, including Trump. It’d look like they were horsing around.