When it comes to the gullibility of the average social media user, it’s not surprising to see fake news spread like the wind.
A recent example of this was a photo of former President Barack Obama allegedly serving food in Texas, which continues to feel the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Harvey.
The caption stated, “Something you’ll never see trump do: Obama is in Texas serving meals!”
"This Obama photo, doing the rounds after Harvey, is actually from 2015"https://t.co/SrTUMYaOkl#HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/PLjO8EKQUK
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) August 29, 2017
The problem is, the photo is from 2015 of the then-first family serving Thanksgiving dinner at a homeless shelter.
An account under the name Aiden Benjamin — described as a “parody account for laughs” under the profile — tweeted the photo, before later deleting it and offering an apology.
https://twitter.com/Feisal_Hagi/status/902182983876128768
With Americans seemingly bored out of their minds, spreading false information is as easy as a PhotoShop app and a social media account.
An example of this is another Harvey-related photo making the rounds that features a SHARK superimposed on a flooded Texas freeway — it has been shared almost 59,000 times.
Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6
— Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017
Kahy Griffin takes back severed Trump head apology: ‘I am no longer sorry. The whole outrage was B.S.’Turns out, the individual behind the photo wasn’t above calling out his own prank:
When America is this easy to troll with #FakeNews we should all be worried. https://t.co/3Iqp9UGql9
— Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017
Thankfully, there are still a few adept social media users out there who can spot a fugazi… here’s a sampling of responses to the Obama photo from Twitter:
Fake news!
— T L Osborne (@TLOsborne1) August 29, 2017
What Texas would this be? It must be winter time at that other Texas.
— john garisek (@tfromc) August 29, 2017
The alternate Texas in the leftist, marxists, socialists alternate universe
— Orin Kenneth Taylor (@OrinKenneth) August 29, 2017
O was nowhere to be seen during 8/16 historic floods Baton Rouge. No HRC. Only Trump came to give $$ & hand out supplies. #MAGA
— becky decker (@beckydecker8) August 29, 2017
— Mona Hart (@cbigpic1) August 29, 2017
Next the liberal fake media will use a Obama vacation photo at a swimming pool to suggest he even rescued drowning hurricane victims!
— Ben Cady (@MaleWithHeart) August 29, 2017
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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