That's strange. Since when do newspapers have buttons?
Posted on 07/12/2026 3:24:07 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Mitch McConnell releases a statement saying that a fall led to his hospitalization. The attending physician confirmed that he sustained only minor injuries after a comprehensive evaluation was done and he is now in a rehabilitation centre.
He also developed pneumonia, which was treated with antibiotics
I’m keeping my powder dry.
Total crap. It only took a minute. Hundreds of “Them” posted the pic with glee. See! See!
Yes, this photo is AI-generated.
It’s a well-known viral fake that has been circulating online recently amid real public interest in Senator Mitch McConnell’s ongoing hospitalization (since June 14, 2026, following a reported fall and medical emergency at home). Fact-checkers, including Snopes, the Cincinnati Enquirer/Courier Journal, and others, have confirmed it as AI-created.
Key evidence:
• AI watermarks/detection: OpenAI’s verification tool detects a SynthID watermark (used by tools like OpenAI’s and Google’s AI image generators) in the image, marking it as AI-generated or edited.
• Visual inconsistencies: Experts and fact-checkers point to errors like tubes that don’t properly connect, warped background elements, unnatural blurriness in parts of the image, and other artifacts typical of AI generation.
• No official match: McConnell’s office and credible news outlets have not released or verified any such photo of him in a hospital bed with Elaine Chao. (Recent legitimate updates from his team mention a fall, brief unconsciousness, mild pneumonia, and rehab, with a different photo shared recently.)
McConnell is in recovery (now transitioning to rehab after treatment for issues stemming from the incident), but this specific image is fabricated for attention or to fuel speculation. AI tools make these fakes easy to create and spread, especially during news events with limited official visuals. Always cross-check with reputable sources for health/political updates!
THAT “STANDARD” DISAPPEARED YEARS AGO.....
Like the alleged leader of Iran who still has never been seen in public. I really resent it that the news media keep showing him looking cheerful and in one piece MONTHS AGO. Never current.
If that’s fair, all of us on FR should have our age 20 photos as official for all purposes.
He’s the new Ayatollah!
Mitch needs to RETIRE and move to China with his “wife.”
He’s not competent.
He’s on the way out……..his brain is boggled from TIAs.
RE: the button showing through the photoshopped phony newspaper.
Good catch.
Amazing the American people have to see a type of proof used by underworld gangsters in kidnapper demands about a hostage.
Photo....
AI mistake in first false image had Pete Rose saying “I never bet on baseball.” Looked young in the picture.
Now can we start to doubt that Forrest Gump really was next to all those famous people in the movie? And that Fred Astaire danced with a vacuum cleaner in one of the first false video TV ads?
Early interviewer of crew member of the first Jurassic Park movie: “Ok, some of us here have tried to guess about the special effects in the movie. I’m one with a guess as to which creatures were special effects models and which were generated by CGI.”
“Sorry, but all of them were totally CGI generated. Every one of them.
The real pajamas have Star Wars designs. He doesn’t like checks on shirts or PJs.
She adores checks if written in China to her.
She came back from China on July 7th.
AI image detector says 75% chance it is real, not AI.
“ AI image detector says 75% chance it is real, not AI.”
But, that’s what AI would say, isn’t it.
My guess is Mitch has a lot of makeup on. Probably looked whiter than the ghosts in the tv series about unsolved mysteries in haunted houses.
I’ve seen better Photoshop jobs.
I could photoshop that.. and now, it’s simpler with A.I.
Lol.
“Eee’s restin’!!!”
“I even saw a post online from a neighbor who said that she knew that he was dead, and she challenged anyone who disagreed to “just show me Mitch”, but now we get a proof-of-life photo.”
IF it’s a REAL photo…….these days, who knows?
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