virus image Shared by X It claims to display a Fox News graphic of 2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump holding up a hurricane relief check.
Taylor Swift $5 million
Dolly Parton $1 million
Ryan Reynolds $1 million
Metallica $500,000$130,000 is less than President Trump spends each month on cosmetics and KFC. pic.twitter.com/EjNUrNnabH
— SarahCA (@SarahBCalif) October 14, 2024
Verdict: False
The image was created using artificial intelligence (AI) and was originally posted on Reddit by a user known for sharing AI-generated satirical images of President Trump. Additionally, both a Fox News spokesperson and a media forensics and AI expert denied the authenticity of the image in their respective emails to Check Your Fact.
Fact check:
Recent polls show President Trump is in a “dead heat” with 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. NBC News. The same poll showed both candidates receiving 48% support from registered voters, the newspaper reported.
The X image, which has been viewed more than 3 million times at the time of writing, purports to show a Fox News graphic of President Trump holding up a hurricane relief check. “Trump donates $1,300 to hurricane relief,” Fox News’ Chiron reports.
The image’s caption indicates that President Trump appears to have donated less than other celebrities, including country singer Dolly Parton, who reportedly donated $1 million to hurricane relief.
This claim is false as the image was generated by AI. The image was originally posted Reddit has enough Trump spam channels By user @BobbyKristina known For posting a satirical image of Trump generated by AI.
Similarly, “Check Your Fact” Content detection scan Using Hive Moderation, we found that there was only a 0.6% chance that the image was generated by AI. It’s important to note that when users add particles or textures to images, it can fool the AI image detector and makes it less likely that the detector will correctly identify the content as AI. business insider.
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Moreover, such images cannot be found even on Fox News. Website Not even verified socializing media account. playing cards Doesn’t appear have commented publicly That claim and snoop On October 15th, we debunked this claim. (Related: Did Donald Trump donate $25 million to hurricane victims?)
Additionally, both a Fox News spokesperson and a media forensics and AI expert denied the authenticity of the image in their respective emails to Check Your Fact.
“This image is fake,” said the same Fox News spokesperson.
“This image is likely the product of AI. The check shown in this image has some nonsense written on it (‘Trump Manie Mar MAIFAL’). Additionally, individual characters that appear on checks do not display properly in all cases (for example, the final “0” in “$1300″). Similarly, the text and logo on President Trump’s shirt do not. It is cryptic and poorly rendered, and the source of this image is believed to be a known parody account on the internet,” said Dr. Walter Shirer, a media forensics and AI expert at the University of Notre Dame. said.
