Spotting the fake photos during Hurricane Sandy coverage
While New Yorkers and others in the northeast sit around waiting for Hurricane Sandy to strike, the rest of America is following the coverage online through Twitter and other social media. Unfortunately, that opens up the door for fake photos to go viral and lead people to believe the storm looks worse than it really is. So, to keep you from falling for some of the tomfoolery, here are today’s most popular Fake/Real photos from Hurricane Sandy, as well as other photos that could confuse someone who stumbles across them.
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Be careful out there, Internet users.
33 Comments for Spotting the fake photos during Hurricane Sandy coverage
Kentucky 2 Maryland 0
(its on like donkey kong jack!)
see you Nov. 7th!!
I’m pretty sure the first Tomb picture is real, whether or not it is from Hurricane Sandy. I’ve seen it posted on reputable Army websites today (unless they were duped as well).
ul celebrating the Big least tourney .vs. UK celebrating the National Championship. Good stuff!!!
Very nice.
Drew… What makes you think some of those pictures are fake? Have you ever seen a storm front? derp
I would stake my life on the first pic of the guard detail at the Unknown Soldier being REAL!
For they are taught DISCIPLINE and that is what it takes, to suceed. I would love to have had YOU and MATT at the UNIVERSITY of PARRIS ISLAND and had been YOUR DRILL INSTRUCTOR!
Well done, as per usual.
^2 is right. First picture is real but it was not taken today.
If you will do a little reading from the post you will see that these pictures are fake Hurricane Sandy photos, not necessarily fake altogether. Although a couple of the fake one’s look completely photoshopped.
The first picture is real, it’s just from a different storm, not Sandy. Easy there Major Payne.
I’m pretty sure that the point about the top picture is that it was not taken today. It is being passed off across social media as a picture from Hurricane Sandy. It was just used as the photo in stories about the guards staying put at the tomb, but was from another rainstorm.
Love the National Championship fake vs. real
Post like this are why I check KSR 3 times a day, at least!
Drew you and your WIMP friends would shit all over yourself when you had to sleep in it and trudge ahead, because it was your JOB for a year or longer!
5. Nope, you’re wrong. Those are simple thunderstorm clouds. You don’t see that with a hurricane.
LOL @ 10. *trolls the jq guy*
http://mashable.com/2012/10/29/fake-hurricane-sandy-photos/
Fake pic. See link
Awesome work! I have to repost!
15… that doesn’t mean they are fake photos
What is Twanny doing to Anthony Davis in that photo?
19. they are, im too lazy to link them, but the storm is from a midwestern state, taken from a long distance. They are superimposed with pitures of downtown manhattan and the statue of liberty. Ive seen the originals a million times
I see what you did there…..clever haha
hahahah! Good stuff.
Haha 20. That’s right after TJ punched him square in the face. Worth another Youtube watch.
The first picture is real – just not taken during this storm. The photo was posted as part of a story about the Old Guard declaring their intentions to continue guarding the tomb of the Unknown since then have – uninterrupted – since 1947.
Maybe there’s no current photo – because journalists don’t often aren’t of the same caliber of men that soldiers are.
Hats off to these men who are carrying out their duty. On a page that makes heroes out of young men who play for UK for 8 months – it’s ok for us to really pause and celebrate the real heroes – young men who exhibit what real courage, dedication, duty and sacrifice are all about.
The Unknown Soldier pic was taken last month during a regular storm. There were posts on Facebook and other sites claiming it was taken during Hurricane Sandy. The pic itself is real, but the context isn’t.
Killed it as usual, Drew. Your posts are the best.
Out of respect, please pull down the first photo or retitle it as it REAL.
#25 What you said.
BRAVO Sir!!
I wouldnt say that first picture is fake, those men never leave that site always protecting it……. may not be from the storm but i betcha someone was there guarding it!
He stole this idea off Yahoo News. Get REAL DREW!!
And they got it from mashable watercooler but Yahoo gave credit to the site.
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