Images shared across social media appear to show an array of Democratic politicians posing with an anti-Donald Trump T-shirt that says: "Nope. Not again." But the photos are doctored; the original pictures do not show the design, and there is no evidence the leaders have promoted it.
From doctored photos making small crowds big to posts praising government accomplishments that never were, WhatsApp has become the channel of choice for disinformation in Zimbabwe before this month's elections.- Doctored videos -
Manipulated photos and videos are also circulating in large numbers with both ZANU-PF and the leading opposition party, the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), making good use of them, analysts say.
gathering, it just it s sows the ground for that kind of thing. it s tough. as beverly mentioned, it s on you to make sure that you have good sourcing and double-checking everything out there. you make a great point. it s only going to get tougher, particularly as fake news evolved, notice just the fake stories, but videos, doctored photos. reporters have to be vigilant with their sourcing to make sure everything they put out is 100% legitimate. if they don t, it gives the president ammunition to call out the media. jon: yeah, because parentally in this case, beverly, they had their two sources that said yes this happened. they put it out there. start talking about it on msnbc and three sources say no, it s not that way at all. they need to make sure their sources are credible. they re talking about a story that is not misspelling somebody s name. we re talking about major news story that is making the public