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  • 2020-09-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Did the Trump Boat Parade Result in This Sunken Ship Photo? (en)
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  • A photograph supposedly showing a sunken boat with a Trump flag was circulated on social media in the wake of a boat parade held in support of U.S. President Donald Trump on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, in September 2020: Multiple boats did actually sink during this parade. However, the above-displayed picture doesn't show one of them. This photograph was taken by Dusty Klifman, an underwater photographer who runs the Blueyes Below social media pages, and shows a boat that sank near Traverse City, Michigan. While Klifman's photograph shows a real sunken boat, the original picture did not feature a Trump flag. The flag was digitally inserted into the image to capitalize on the hoopla surrounding the Trump boat parade. Here's a comparison of the real photograph (right), and the doctored image (left): A few days later, he shared a video of the boat: Klifman shared the real picture on Facebook in June 2020 — months before the Trump boat parade — along with a message stating that this photograph was taken off the coast of Traverse City. According to a report from MLive, which appears to be about the same incident — judging from details provided by Klifman on Facebook — the above-displayed boat sank in Grand Traverse Bay on June 19, 2020. The U.S. Coast Guard, as well as a local good Samaritan, successfully rescued all 10 people aboard. Here's an image from the Coast Guard and an excerpt from MLive about the real story behind this sunken ship photo: While this viral image was not taken at the Trump boat parade in Texas (it actually shows a boat that sank in Michigan with a digitally manipulated Trump flag), five boats did sink at the Trump event. CBS Austin writes: (en)
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