Major news events like Hurricane Harvey produce thousands of photos, and thousands more tweets and Facebook posts of fake, outdated or out-of-context photos. This time the big winner is a photoshop of a shark on the freeway, which pops up during every major hurricane.
Before you join the 68,000+ people who retweeted that fake photo, just spend two clicks fact-checking it. In Chrome, right-click the image, then click “Search Google for Image.” And boom, you see if there’s a source or ten blog posts debunking it. BuzzFeed reporter Jane Lytvynenko breaks it down into baby steps:
Fact Check that Viral Photo in Two Clicks
Fact Check that Viral Photo in Two Clicks
Fact-Check That Viral Image in Two Clicks
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...or this one, which isn't even Houston (or real) but gets Harveyized anyway:
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Mike, are you spreading fake photos????mike wrote:
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That looks like it was photoshopped from the real guaranteed authentic photo in the original post.ken_sylvania wrote:Mike, are you spreading fake photos????
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Are those seaplanes?ohio jones wrote:...or this one, which isn't even Houston (or real) but gets Harveyized anyway:
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Aerial submarines?Josh wrote:Are those seaplanes?ohio jones wrote:...or this one, which isn't even Houston (or real) but gets Harveyized anyway:
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It's a simulation of what you would sea at LGA if the ocean levels suddenly rose 20 feet or so and the planes Didn't Expeditiously Leave The Airport.Josh wrote:Are those seaplanes?
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Putting the "Marine" in "Marine Air Terminal".ohio jones wrote:It's a simulation of what you would sea at LGA if the ocean levels suddenly rose 20 feet or so and the planes Didn't Expeditiously Leave The Airport.Josh wrote:Are those seaplanes?
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Doesn't Everybody Love The Aqueous.ohio jones wrote:It's a simulation of what you would sea at LGA if the ocean levels suddenly rose 20 feet or so and the planes Didn't Expeditiously Leave The Airport.Josh wrote:Are those seaplanes?
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