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Oops: Fake Hurricane Sandy photos flood Twitter, fool many

Earlier today, we told you about a photo being circulated around Twitter that purportedly showed sentinels guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while being pelted by rain from Hurricane Sandy. While the photo itself was authentic, it had actually been taken during another storm last month. Today alone, Twitterers have been fooled by several photos falsely being attributed to Hurricane Sandy.

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A dramatic weather event like Hurricane Sandy lends itself well to rampant Photoshopping and manipulation. Here are some of the biggest Sandy photo hoaxes:

https://twitter.com/SimmonsFox5/status/262885945098002433

Whoops.

As this Twitterer points out, that photo is actually a still taken from the crappy global warming disaster flick “The Day After Tomorrow”:

https://twitter.com/Rooz739/status/262979720524734464

This incredible photo has been getting a ton of buzz on Twitter:

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She was right to be suspicious. Photoshopping, anyone?

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https://twitter.com/JedediahBila/status/262968046459695104

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/262953117195321345

It’s worth noting that Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski was among the most enthusiastic tweeters of fake Sandy photos. Mysteriously, his tweets touting the photos seem to have disappeared. Funny, that. Buzzfeed put out a real-versus-fake quiz of Hurricane Sandy photos and made no mention of his errors. Fortunately, some of his tweets have been preserved for posterity here.

Kaczynski is now attempting to cover his tracks by pushing out blatantly fake photos:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/262977057863106562

Nice try, Andrew. But next time, just admit you messed up.

Fake photo fatigue is already setting in, and Twitterers are hoping that the hoax storm weakens quickly:

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https://twitter.com/AaronTuttleOK/status/262990265567023104

https://twitter.com/PaulY196/status/262990699773976576

https://twitter.com/TheGSUbelle/status/262990564763525120

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