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Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/usa@midwest.social

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The image of the police officers comes from a photo of “South American riot police” that was uploaded to the Getty Images archive in 2008. A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked “Policia”, the Spanish or Portuguese word for police.

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When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small and tame protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Trump's digital crew has been doing this for a while. They love to take 10 year old photos from opposite ends of the planet and announce "This is what's happening in America right now!"

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Not to mention when they used photos/videos of unrest on Trump's watch and demonized those situations as BIDENS AMERICA