Snopes Unsure if Huge Crowds for Kamala Harris Don't Cast Reflections
http://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/10/snopes-unsure-if-huge-crowds-for-kamala-harris-dont-cast-reflections-n2399479
When I first saw this image of Kamala Harris touching down in Detroit in Air Force Two to a huge crowd of supporters, it looked real enough to me. That's because I never look closely enough. Democrat strategist Rachel Bitcofer posted the photo to her feed.
Rachel Bitecofer (@RachelBitecofer) ~ This is some 2008 level shit right here.
No, Rachel ... actually, it is some 1984 level shit, right there.
Enough people called it out that Snopes had someone look into it. Their verdict? "Unproven." Snopes reports:
The image's origins are unknown. While other photos and videos depicted a similar scene and tools designed to detect artificial-intelligence (AI) software said the image was likely a real photo, there was no conclusive evidence to confirm the photo's authenticity. If it was real, it's possible that its lightening, shadows or filtering was digitally manipulated.
Snopes concluded that it was "possible that its brightness, shadows or coloring was digitally manipulated" and they'd update their report when new information surfaced.
Some people zoomed way in on the camera phones the crowd were holding. But the thing that got me was the absence of any reflection of the crowd on Air Force Two.
Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) ~ BREAKING REPORT: Harris campaign BUSTED using FAKE crowd photo at campaign rally stop.
DK (@1Nicdar) ~ Check out the reflections on the upper belly and port side engine on this Harris/Walz jet airplane. What do you notice?
We've all watched cop and CSI TV shows where security cameras don't get a good, direct look at the perp's face, so they blow up reflections to catch it from a different angle, right? Well, Democrats ... Dick Tracy just busted your lyin' ass.
Chica Tomorrow (@chicatomorrow) ~ No crowd. The photo is not real. It is all an illusion. A extremely poorly crafted one at that.
Steve Kerwin (@stevenkerwin) ~ Photoshop crowd added. Not a single reflection in the engine cowlings.
Elon Made Me Join (@ElonJoin839) ~ Wow. It’s becoming more and more obvious that the hype is purely manufactured. Isn’t this the Cheap Fake and AI they were warning about?
Tammy (@68ChevelleGirl) ~ They are all vampires and have no reflections! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kath (@gracelover712) ~ If it wasn’t so disgusting, it’d be funny.
Mike J. Shea (@Shea1Mike) ~ Just ask the campaign for a few photos from other angles. Surely they’d have loads of photos from such a huge turnout ... right? 🤥
PA PATRIOT (@PAPatriot16) ~ AI isn't all it's cracked up to be. Of course neither is Harris. It's all lies.
Hypnotic (@RealHypnotic1) ~ Someone teach these boomers that if they are gonna Photoshop or use AI to create a fake crowd for Kamala Harris, then perhaps they should focus on the reflections in the plane as well. Embarrassing. Pathetic. Makes you wonder about the polls.
Nah, Hypnotic ... can't blame this on Boomers ... Cackles is barely a Boomer, herself (by about two months), and the people handling all of the media and Twitter accounts for her (and Brandon) are a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears adolescents.
TXLau®a (@Perfectly_Laura) ~
Formerly Aloft (@FormerlyAloft) ~ Pesky Air Force keeping those planes too shiny.
lasermama (@lasermama1) ~ Since when do they let a rally start at the base of the airplane steps? And yes ... no reflections of the people. They can't do anything but fake, and even then they're not very good at it. Unbelievable that people buy it.
How did Harris and Tim Walz even make it through that huge crowd that isn't reflected anywhere on the plane?
We certainly hope Snopes doesn't give up trying to find a source for this photo and let us know for sure it's real.
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