Meeting Harris at the Airport

[George K]

[Jolly]

Astroturfed?

[Mik]

If it's true, it's impressive. But I view everything I read skeptically.

[George K]

What do you notice?

1. Seems obvious that the "Harris Walz" sign is photoshopped in. It's not even straight.
2. Look at the screens of the phones. THere's nothing there.
3. There's no tail number on the plane

[George K]

I saw a post that supposedly one of the phones has that picture of Trump holding up his fist after being shot.

Can't find it though.

ETA: There are a couple Harris/Walz signs "closer" to the plane.

[George K]

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/08/fact-check-image-of-kamala-harris-august-2024-detroit-rally-was-not-digitally-altered.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-walz-crowd/

[jon-nyc]

The adult daughter of a PW poster was in line for the Phonenix rally the other night and said it was huge.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Meeting Harris at the Airport:

The adult daughter of a PW poster was in line for the Phonenix rally the other night and said it was huge.

The one held in the 20K arena with the top tiers of seats behind a curtain?

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Meeting Harris at the Airport:

The adult daughter of a PW poster was in line for the Phonenix rally the other night and said it was huge.

Oh, I think they had 15K there. Good crowd. Right now, she's a Rorschach Test. Since she has no policies, people can make up whatever they want. I think the Dems will keep things going until the convention and try to ride the early voting. They damn sure can't ride the economy.

Now, did they have a free concert like they did in Atlanta? And was anybody paid to attend, especially "influencers"?

[George K]

@Jolly said in Meeting Harris at the Airport:

Oh, I think they had 15K there. Good crowd.

Was there a pre-rally concert?

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Meeting Harris at the Airport:

@Jolly said in Meeting Harris at the Airport:

Oh, I think they had 15K there. Good crowd.

Was there a pre-rally concert?

That's my question...They headlined with Megan Thee Stallion in Georgia.

[LuFins Dad]

Guys, that wasn’t a photo at all. Damn near looked CGI. Blow up the picture. I’m not saying there wasn’t a massive showing at the airport, but that picture wasn’t it.

[George K]

Here's another photo. Notice the lack of tail numbers.

[LuFins Dad]

Again, looks like an Alex Ross spread.

[LuFins Dad]

[LuFins Dad]

[George K]

Who are these big guys in red?

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

Look at the phones, if nothing else. Some look like they are on Twitter, and none are showing anything like what the cameras would be pointed at.

[89th]

Somehow we're still in the infancy of fake information on the internet... only going to get worse with improving AI. I have no idea even if the picture in that original tweet was copied directly from the Kamala Kamp or not.

As @Mik said, skeptical about everything now. Makes me want to (and continue to) tune in less and less. Life is short, spend time with family, hobbies, community...