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  • 2021-05-24 (xsd:date)
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  • This image has been manipulated from a press photograph of Scott Morrison (en)
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  • An image purporting to show Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with a wet pair of pants has been shared hundreds of times on social media. The claim is misleading: the image has been manipulated from a press photograph of Morrison in May 2021. The image was published in a Facebook post on May 20, 2021, and has since been shared more than 200 times. The post purports to show a photo of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with a wet patch on his pants, and mocks him for the apparent blunder. A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post as of May 24, 2021. Other instances of the image appear in this Facebook post, as well as on Twitter here and here . However, the image has been manipulated. A Google reverse image search led to this article by The Australian newspaper, which features an unedited version of the image. A screenshot of The Australian’s article as of May 24, 2021. A further search on Morrison’s Facebook page led to this post on May 16, 2021, which also features the unedited photograph, which was taken during a visit to an engineering firm in Queensland. Below is a comparison between the image in the misleading post (L) and the image on Morrison’s Facebook page (R): (en)
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