Tea Parties-FAKE Pics Being Recycled to inflate crowd estimate?

[kpete]

Teabagger fail: fake pics to inflate crowd estimate
by clammyc

Sat Sep 12, 2009 at 05:33:00 PM PDT

There are two main fake pics (fake meaning not from today) that are being recycled as if they were from today. Here is one:
http://twitpic.com/hhlju
which just so happens to be the exact same picture from the "Promise Keepers" event held back in the 1990s. Not to mention that today was pretty overcast, and the sun is shining in the Promise Keepers’ picture.



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And there is another obvious fake making the rounds as well

– this one with so many things wrong with it, that you can make a game of "find as many things wrong with this picture being claimed to be taken today" out of it.

Here is another being used at The Minority Report as well as at
Pajamas Media (Instapundit)
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/
- look around 1/3 of the way down labeled "ANOTHER TRAFFIC CAM PIC FROM DC" –

and as I said above, the reasoning used when the true live camera shots don’t show the crowd (among other things) is that DC is looping old tapes on a Saturday afternoon to hide the "massive" protest.

I kid you not.

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/12/781227/-Teabagger-fail:-fake-pics-to-inflate-crowd-estimate

more proof:
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXFETued-U&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstoryonly%2F2009%2F9%2F12%2F781227%2F-Teabagger-fail%3A-fake-pics-to-inflate-crowd-estimate&feature=player_embedded

[democracy1st]

1. K & R

[marketcrazy1]

2. the first pic is a fake

but the other two are real, I watched that traffic cam LIVE this morning for about two hours ( while posting here ) and posted about what i saw then ( 10:30 ) so i KNOW those two pic are genuine...

[thereismore]

3. And why is the flag at half mast? nt

[marketcrazy1]

4. jesus christ!!!

how many times do we have to go through this!!! YESTERDAY was 9/11 ( patriot day ) the flag was flown at half staff until noon today.... ( along with every other federal flag in America )

[Emit]

14. lol!

It's frustrating, isn't it?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

5. Flags were lowered for 9/11. They were raised again later today.

Not sure if that's true. The flag problem made me think that the traffic cam photo was fake, but the 9/11 flag-lowering/raising seems plausible enough, and there were likely tens of thousands (3 10s? 5 10s? I don't know) of people at today's rally, which makes this picture not impossible.

If there are other problems with this picture that I'm mssing, I'm listening. It's certainly possible that it's not from today. The top pic is definitely not from today.

[Contrary1]

7. It was only supposed to be at half mast from dawn to sunset yesterday...so who knows? n/t

[marketcrazy1]

8. you go ahead and believe what you like

but as i have said ( too many times today! ) I watched this cam this morning after being directed to it by a poster on this board, those pics are what i saw sometime around 10:30 this morning. I even posted a comment about it on some other thread at about 11ish..... but PLEASE dont take my word for it ( no one else seems to want to! ) but be aware that several other posters have also confirmed that they too were watching that cam this morning and also saw what i saw ( what these shots depict )

[Contrary1]

9. Then they need to get new staff to handle the flag...

"In accordance with Public Law 107-89, President Obama is requested to issue a proclamation, per the requirements of Flag Code Title 4 Section 7(m), for the U.S. flag to be displayed at half-staff for the entire day - sunrise to sunset - on Patriot Day, Friday, Sept. 11."

Just saying...

[marketcrazy1]

10. you know what

I dont fucking care any more!! I SAW that cam this morning!! and I dont give a fuck who believes it! this is just getting stupid now. believe what you want! I dont care!!!!!!!!!!

[Texasgal]

23. Ummm...why are you freaking out?

Seriously?

[Emit]

24. I can understand marketcrazy1's frustration

We have been through this before on another thread.

Some of us watched the traffic cam since this morning, and the photos in the OP are accurate. Here is a thread that was started this morning: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6529980

We need to be accurate when we are calling them out. It does us no good to spread bad info.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

17. ?

I wasn't disputing the traffic cam pics, those certainly could be real. I was pointing out that the flag may have been lowered for 9/11.

I know you're upset that people are disputing what you saw, but try to read more carefully. I wasn't saying that I didn't believe you.

[marketcrazy1]

19. apologies Revolutionstartsnow.......... N/T

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. I saw THAT traffic cam this AM, that's pretty much what it looked like. n/t

[Emit]

15. Yes, I saw it too. It is accurate.

[Lyric]

6. Aren't the flags still flying at half-mast for Senator Kennedy?

It hasn't been 30 days yet. Don't they usually stay at half-mast for 30 days after the death of someone like a sitting Senator?

[Luminous Animal]

18. No. Obama directed that the fly half staff for 5 days.

There is credible real-time eyewitness evidence that the traffic cam image is valid. I think whoever is in charge of the flag screwed up. It was supposed to fly half staff yesterday from sunrise to noon in honor of 9/11 victims.

[jasi2006]

11. I think the media, especially FOX "News" needs to be called on this.

The Dems need to raise this everytime they get a chance to talk.

[ConnorMarc]

13. So What If Some Pics Are Real

The fact that they are posting or even promoting FAKE pics shows how pathetic these people are.

And I use the term "people" loosely.

[Emit]

20. It matters to me

the 2nd two photos are accurate, and should not be part of the OP - the first is fake

[Ahpook]

16. I don't know about all these pics

But I was curious:) My brother and his wife live around 5 blocks from the Capitol. I asked him about it. They went to the Native American museum today since she works there. After work did some grocery shopping, etc.

Nothing was really out of the ordinary, from what he said.

Sounds like a bunch of hocus pocus bullshit to me. The media is famous for it! Is anyone surprised?

[notadmblnd]

21. notice that in the firt picture the two buildings with red roof and a domed building in between them

find that spot on the other pictures. Once you locate it, observe the number of people on that tree lined street.

[alfredo]

22. that first one is from the Promise Keepers march. Notice the teepees?

There were teepees at that rally.

From the Promise Keeper march.

[BlueIdaho]

25. The fact that the Hateriots would use even one bogus photo to prop up the event

Proves they are far more interested in propaganda than the truth - but then I guess we already kinda knew that didn't we.

[lynne]

26. 1st pic is fake. 2nd pic is legit, I watched it this AM, it's the webcam at

14th & E. It just showed marchers on the way to the capitol. Here's a link to video taken from podium that gives a good idea of the crowd but you really need a shot from the air. Video: http://qik.com/video/2869170