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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on May 10, 2016, 02:11:13 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511934319
Oh my.
This surprises me not in the least.
Cali_Democrat (29,413 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:10 PM
Bernie supporters float fake image of "Bernie rally" in California
A viral photograph does not show a massive Bernie Sanders rally in California, but rather a May Day march in Havana.
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after which a picture
ORIGIN: In early May 2016, the above-reproduced image began circulating on Facebook, featuring a huge gathering of individuals and a caption: "NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST A BERNIE RALLY IN CALIFORNIA."
One popular version of this photograph was published on 7 May 2016. (Neither a date nor details were given for the purported Bernie Sanders rally.) In actuality, though, the image didn't depict either a location in California, nor was a Bernie Sanders rally. A reverse image search quickly led to the original — a photograph of a May Day march in Havana, Cuba — as well as indication that the person who made the meme was being deceitful:
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The miscaptioned "Bernie rally" image wasn't the first of its kind; in April 2016, a similar photograph of a demonstration in Paris a year earlier circulated with a claim that the image depicted a huge gathering of Sanders supporters in New York.
Read more:
http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-rally-california/
Buzz Clik (37,620 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:12 PM
1. Ain't the first time, won't be the last.
Here at DU, a Bernie fan posted it and even said it was fake, but the respondents all cheered with oooo's and aaaaah's at the size of the crowd.
These tools need some sharpening.
Yeah, they do need sharpening. Bernie bullies as a general rule are pretty stupid.
NurseJackie (7,797 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:14 PM
2. Oh dear!! That's hysterical!!
SFnomad (1,113 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:14 PM
3. Imagine that, a BS cheerleader being deceitful
KingFlorez (11,619 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:17 PM
5. Completely surprising news
Not really.
cwydro (22,512 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:17 PM
6. That's hilarious.
People tend to believe anything on the Internet.
But Bernie bullies more so than most other people; in fact, one suspects lies are a big part of an average Bernie bully's daily diet.
Jitter65 (2,236 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:17 PM
7. Deceitful, lying Hillary and her supporters... oh, sorry...wrong candidate.
workinclasszero (10,872 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 01:48 PM
21. buhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!11!!!!11!!!!1
Now we know why Bernie's big rallies don't show at the ballot box!!