You are right I should have check the source as I was sent the image by a friend on my social media... I am definitely not trying to get anyone to follow my agenda, I was just interested in what other people had to say about the topic. As stated above I should have posted this in a different sub but as it seems to be bullshit I'm deleting the post.
I'm definitely not trolling, just interested in people's opinions, thanks for yours.
That's a stock photo. News outlets rarely get real photos to go with their stories, but somebody running all of these stories feels there's a compelling reason to include pictures when none are available. Using stock photos and videos in news is very common.
screencap width. I don't know if you can read Cyrillic but on the english one, there's a line break after just two words. The bottom line is larger that the 'aljazeera' part, and have a title. In reality, it's a news ticker.
This is old, I remember seeing this in a combat video, it's from Ukraine, it was launched by "pro Russian rebels" against Ukraine. There were a few, very effective artillery attacks on Ukrainian forces during Autumn of 2014. If I find the video I will post it in /v/combatfootage and let you know.
Furthermore, attempting Google searches for the alleged "headlines" on the 3 images did not yield the original news articles which allegedly had their screenshots taken, but instead yielded the meme-image itself. This, coupled with the fact that all 3 of the images had exactly the same size, position and colour profile made the origin of the image extremely suspicious.
Ukrainian: Росія завдає удар
Russian: Россия 24 Украинские каратели обстреляли своих граждан
English: al jazeera "war on gaza" "israel launches airstrikes"
From this, we can infer that it is likely that the creator of this image faked the "headlines" for each of the images.
I think that is just place holder image that is not related to the news but is there just to cover screen time. Just so happens that all of them used the same one.
It's really surprising how much place holder bullshit there is on the current mainstream news.
The news has always been skewed/manipulated. Things like this are called out more because of social media, as you see here, so they've switched to doing more diversions now. They try to hide the news rather than lie about what it is.
fuckthisshitagain ago
You are right I should have check the source as I was sent the image by a friend on my social media... I am definitely not trying to get anyone to follow my agenda, I was just interested in what other people had to say about the topic. As stated above I should have posted this in a different sub but as it seems to be bullshit I'm deleting the post.
I'm definitely not trolling, just interested in people's opinions, thanks for yours.
ciano ago
That's a stock photo. News outlets rarely get real photos to go with their stories, but somebody running all of these stories feels there's a compelling reason to include pictures when none are available. Using stock photos and videos in news is very common.
cinderblock ago
Poor journalistic integrity, yes. Conspiracy, no.
fuckthisshitagain ago
I didn't know where else to post. Sorry.
cinderblock ago
v/news, hell even v/funny would be more appropriate.
Not trying to be harsh, it's just that the majority of the stuff posted here isn't conspiratorial at all, it's just news.
TKCHBL ago
I see what's the picture tries to say, but it's kind of sad and ironic that none of the depicted pictures are from actual tv images, thus my downvoat.
taco ago
How can you tell? The first two look a bit more legit than the al Jazeera one, but I can't tell.
TKCHBL ago
screencap width. I don't know if you can read Cyrillic but on the english one, there's a line break after just two words. The bottom line is larger that the 'aljazeera' part, and have a title. In reality, it's a news ticker.
example
taco ago
Hm, I see that. shrug
definitelynotabot ago
If you get rid of the news branding at the bottom you'd probably still see the "shutterstock" watermark.
glugglug ago
LOL you're right!! Look closely at the bottom half of the right edge in all three pics, there was a watermark blurred out.
fuckthisshitagain ago
Seems like the viewers have to be the proof checkers these days. Most journalists seem to have blogger mentality.
1rash ago
That's what you get from a "free" news outlet.
modifieddevice ago
The truth is its an airplane toilet holding tank found by some janitor?
catchavirus ago
So which is correct? Or are they all wrong?
HitlerIsBlack ago
This is old, I remember seeing this in a combat video, it's from Ukraine, it was launched by "pro Russian rebels" against Ukraine. There were a few, very effective artillery attacks on Ukrainian forces during Autumn of 2014. If I find the video I will post it in /v/combatfootage and let you know.
look_mom_no_heads ago
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/28373/what-is-the-origin-of-this-photo-of-an-unexploded-bomb
look_mom_no_heads ago
klongtoey ago
It's actually a Welsh bomb in Angola.
TrevorLahey ago
Those damned Cardiff bastards. This is how things get out of hand without Torchwood.
Granitosaurus ago
I think that is just place holder image that is not related to the news but is there just to cover screen time. Just so happens that all of them used the same one.
It's really surprising how much place holder bullshit there is on the current mainstream news.
Dashippy ago
The news has always been skewed/manipulated. Things like this are called out more because of social media, as you see here, so they've switched to doing more diversions now. They try to hide the news rather than lie about what it is.