Fauxtography

Numerous photographs and videos circulate on the Internet. Some are real. Some are fake. Some are real, but have been given false backstories.

Florida Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart was not photographed on an airplane receiving a foot massage from Jeffrey Epstein associate and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Fake Photo Shows Fla. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart with Ghislaine Maxwell According to Politico, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart "signed off on the warrant that allowed federal...

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Is This Red Owl With Blue Eyes Real? A photograph purportedly showing a rare red owl with blue eyes is just the latest...

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Is This ‘Mayonnaise Safety’ Military Handbook Real? What will they think of next? Ketchup protocols?

False

A misleading ad on Yahoo claimed These Mistakes Had Catastrophic Consequences and the picture has been referenced before as purportedly showing the last moments of Air Florida Flight 90 which crashed into a bridge in Washington DC in 1982 killing 78 people.

Does Photo Show Air Florida Flight 90 Crashing into Bridge? In our research, we were less concerned with the fairly obvious fact that it didn't...

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Do Memes Show Same ‘Crisis Actor’ at Multiple Shooting Events? Social media rumors claim the same girl, a "crisis actor," was seen crying at tragedies...

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Is This Authentic Footage of the Titanic Sinking?

Does Video Offer Real Footage of the Titanic Sinking? The “unsinkable” vessel sunk in 1912.

False

Blue Whale Phallacy In which we learn the difference between a whale and a whale shark, and the...

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Were the Beatles Photographed Holding Upside-Down ‘Satanic’ Crosses? Could it be ...... SATAN???

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Is This an Astronaut Selfie from the International Space Station? Astronauts have truly taken selfies outside of the ISS, but this photo?

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A picture did not show Marjorie Taylor Greene with a Trump figurine with a red hat on a cross behind her while she was reading the Bible.

Photo of Trump Figurine on Cross Behind Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Fake A TikTok video appeared to claim that the Georgia congresswoman owned a figurine of former...

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A TikTok video reposted by ESPN appeared to show a UPS driver dunking a basketball over a car in a driveway after scanning a package with a calculator app.

Does Video Really Show a UPS Driver Dunking Over a Car? We looked into the origins of a TikTok video reposted by ESPN that purported to...

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Were World Leaders Photographed with ‘Satanic’ Artwork at 2022 NATO Summit? Photographs supposedly showed politicians such as Boris Johnson and Justin Trudeau standing next to artwork...

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