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Originally Posted by Axeman
He wasn't showing the empty floor before the event started, but rather the size of the actual venue being used. Which if I am an attendee, I'd much prefer. Up close and personal with the guy you want to see speak.
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The original poster of the picture was showing where he was going to be seated in relation to the President. However, some people took this image and claimed no one showed up for Obama's rally.
I honestly don't care how many people showed up - That's not my point. My point is that some people grabbed this photo and tried to make it into something it wasn't. They made fake news out of it.
This is now a constant on the Internet. I read an article about misleading photos from this "immigrant caravan" earlier today. It seems a lot of people are re-posting pictures from this caravan, but nearly all of them are false. Basically they are taking pictures from years ago in Mexico, and claiming they are from this immigrant caravan. One of the pictures shows a crowd attacking a police office, which happened in 2007.
I honestly believe that anyone who posts or re-posts false information to the Internet should be banned from social media. I've removed friends off of FB because they constantly re-post false information - not political stuff, but just stupid stuff like that old rumor about flashing your headlights at a car is a gang thing. If you constantly post bullshit to the social media, eventually I kick you off.