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Fake Photos |
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These hoaxes come into two major categories – the first is ‘photoshopped’ photos, where a clever photo manipulation whiz has put together a fake photo that can often look very convincing. They usually come included with an equally fake news story. Examples of this are ‘giant’ pets, like cats and dogs (though we concede there is at least one photo of a giant cat out there that’s actually real!) or a popular example is the 9/11 Tourist photo. The second category is photos that are actually real, but the text that comes a long with them is putting them in a context that makes them fake. Examples of this are the Air France Photos - the photos themselves are captures from the TV series Lost (okay that doesn’t make them quite real) but the text that goes with it tells you the photos are from the Air France Flight that tragically crashed in the Atlantic. Good fake photos can be pretty hard to spot, especially if they don’t show off major news stories, meaning it can be hard to backup the photo on another site. Generally the rule of thumb is if you don’t think its real, it probably is not real. |
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