A preview of the right-wing 2020 misinformation campaign
We’ll have fake photos and altered videos
This is a little about how to spot a faked photo like the one shared by Gosar and, more broadly, about why people might not care about sharing a faked photo. https://t.co/ALBzbXcvFR
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 7, 2020
1. This meeting never happened.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 6, 2020
2. Trump was trying to get a meeting with Rouhani at the UN last year and met Kim Jong Un who is far worse (and keeps building nukes).
3. Rouhani is still in power.
4. Do you want this war? If so, say so. Obama isn't President anymore. https://t.co/pB61oaEtbZ
Republican Congressman @DrPaulGosar just Tweeted a doctored photo that makes it look like President Obama met with the President of Iran.
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) January 6, 2020
Make no mistake, this is exactly the kind of thing Republicans are going to do in 2020 to hold onto power.
Gosar spoke at the Trumpstock event I went to in his district. Focusing on the fakeness of the image doesn't grasp the whole point. It's the conspiracy it perpetuates, that Obama harbored pro-Muslim sentiments rooted in his ethnic origin, that remains pervasive https://t.co/k10R7lL9BN
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) January 6, 2020
A congressman posted a photoshopped picture of Obama shaking hands with Rouhani (which didn't happen), posted it, and his defense is "no one said this wasn't photoshopped."
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 6, 2020
You heard it here first, folks. Unless he says otherwise, assume everything Gosar says is a lie. https://t.co/5FLUp76pis
How sad is it that a member of Congress tweets a photoshopped image? Obama and Iran's Rouhani spoke by phone but never met in person. https://t.co/HTifrQ95tE
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 6, 2020
A few things:
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 6, 2020
1. @RepGosar is a moron.
2. The picture be tweeted is a fake.
3. There would have been nothing wrong with Obama meeting with Rouhani.
4. Mainstream Republicans are totally fine with this type of disinformation and hope you share it in outrage
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a photoshopped image of Obama with Rouhani, apparently believing Rouhani is actually Soleimani.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 6, 2020
The actual image is of Obama and Indian PM Manmohan Singh. pic.twitter.com/CfO8AhyBq0
More disgusting behavior from a Republican Congressman.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 6, 2020
Congressman defends posting fake Obama photo: 'No one said this wasn't photoshopped' https://t.co/Seo4IaG6bh
Sad! 