Digitally Altered Pictures

Altering or editing pictures in a way that completely changes the photo are considered to be fake. Oftentimes, people will edit an original picture or post and give it a whole new meaning. 

Here is a perfect example of this:

This picture was included in a tweet. This picture shows Donald Trump standing by the Oval Office desk while Sergey Lavrov sits at the Oval Office desk. This picture looks real and believable.

 

Despite how real the picture above looks, it was in fact digitally altered. The real picture (below), which was posted by Donald Trump, shows Donald Trump sitting at the Oval Office desk while Sergey Lavrov is standing by the desk. 

The fake post reveals why it is so important that viewers research what they read before they believe it and continue to share it. While the digitally altered picture is convincing, it is in fact not real. This fake post caused a misunderstanding and gained lots of attention. Be aware of digitally altered pictures!