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chowder66

(12,588 posts)
4. Faked photo.
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 07:44 PM
7 hrs ago

The images also circulated on Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived) and X (archived). Snopes readers contacted us to ask about the authenticity of the images.

The alleged before-and-after images were fake. The images incorrectly placed a real fountain near the actual South Lawn too close to the White House. The images also placed the Washington Monument to the north of the White House when it is actually located to the south.

It was unclear who originally created or edited the images. The glaring mistakes of geography suggested someone had used artificial intelligence to make them.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-dont-fall-fake-222400095.html

Like it isn't bad enough as it is.
This just makes people who find out this is bullshit... accept it more readily since it isn't as bad.

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Can't be repeated enough... [View all] red dog 1 8 hrs ago OP
Look at what shithole is doing to the People House and................ Lovie777 8 hrs ago #1
That photo is not real. chowder66 7 hrs ago #3
Those trees are gone! Lars39 7 hrs ago #2
Faked photo. chowder66 7 hrs ago #4
I thought something was off about the photos MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #5
Good catch, chowder66. Dr. T 6 hrs ago #7
Fact check: Nope! teach1st 6 hrs ago #6
That's effing gross! BeneteauBum 6 hrs ago #8
They destroyed the fountain for a fighting ring? Figarosmom 6 hrs ago #9
It's fake. I posted upthread. chowder66 4 hrs ago #10
Ok Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #11
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