Amateur pictures... Debunked! Ten images that turned out to be fake

France 24 ^ | 02/01/2015 | France 24

[WhiskeyX]

They all sounded convincing at the time: like the picture claiming that the leader of Islamic State group had been killed, or that a Saudi women had gone to Syria in the name of a "sex jihad". But they all turned out to be fake. With the help of our Observers on the ground, throughout 2014 our team got to work debunking dozens of images. Here's a look back at our top ten.

[Gaffer]

There are bona fide fakes out there, for sure. Those are just from the lazy journalists who don’t go to the trouble of actually going on location and ‘contriving’ a picture.

[Jeff Chandler]

[outofsalt]

That’s 100% Real!
(funny)

[MaxMax]

Best,, Fake,, Ever..

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I only work with legitimate stuff!

[samtheman]

Excellent!

[Slings and Arrows]

Cheers for Lootie! Hard to believe that Katrina was ten years ago.

[9YearLurker]

Ha ha!

[lowbridge]

I guess I fooled them with my pictures

[TomGuy]

Fake but accurate propaganda passes for news.

The only time the news media are even apologetic is if/when they get caught. Even then they are only apologetic to any generic who might have been offended by their original propaganda-as-news.

[skinkinthegrass]

*WOW!/Snickering!*

[skinkinthegrass]

fake jewels..fake pRes. 0'Bama

[Iron Munro]

This one proved to be real and untouched.

[Bon mots]

I think THIS ONE of Obama Eating a Hot Dog has been slightly manipulated.

[X-spurt]

Not much.

[Vince Ferrer]

Fake, but accurate.

[SunkenCiv]

In this poor quality photo, an Islamic State fighter appears with a "United States Army" tattoo. This snapshot kicked up a huge fuss when it began circulating online. Yet it's just another example of image manipulation. On the original photo published by Reuters and found by our team, no trace of the tattoo can be found. This fake image sought to back up a conspiracy suggesting that the Islamic State had been created by the United States.

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The story goes that this young girl threw herself onto a Ukrainian tank with a belt packed with explosives in order to protest Kiev's role in the ongoing conflict. Pro-Russian social media networks were quick to spread the news, using the photo above to illustrate the story that she had bravely blown herself up. The reality is that the photo shows a 19 year-old Russian girl called Polina. She's alive and well, and disgusted by the use of her image.

[AdmSmith]

Putin pal Patriarch Kirill wearing $30K Breguet watch. After outcry Orthodox Church Photoshopped it away. But they forgot the shadow:

source: https://twitter.com/InfoAgeStrategy/status/551530874941243392

[AdmSmith]

shadow => reflection