Did an 18th-century painting predict Trump sharing McDonald's food with Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and others on a plane? This sounds like a job for journalism! Not to spoil anything, journalism's job is not to alert the public that clearly fake images are indeed fake. However, Newsweek thinks it is. This is at least the second time 'journos' there have embarrassingly warned the public of the dangers of a clearly AI generated image. The painting is a joke, but now Newsweek is the punchline.
Read on.
This 1721 painting by Deitz Nuützen predicted the Trump-Elon-RFK McDonalds dinner pic.twitter.com/CM9xDNmaKG
— bone (@boneGPT) November 18, 2024
To the non-journalistic eye that's a fake image. But, Newsweek said, 'No so fast! This involves Trump! We must warn the public!' What proceeds is a floundering 'news' outlet falling for a twist on the popular Deez Nuts meme.
RIP @Newsweek
— Courage Is A Habit (@CourageHabit) November 19, 2024
Time to close up shop. You’ll never live this down. pic.twitter.com/KZSShxRLGL
You can tell exactly what was hastily added to the article right before (or after) publishing 😂 pic.twitter.com/c0zLmV7pJA
— walkafyre (@walkafyre) November 19, 2024
According to Newsweek this painting is an AI generated image. Good tweet though. pic.twitter.com/UDmrwFE7J7
— Caroline (@Lawyer21) November 19, 2024
You have to feel sorry for the 'journo' who got drafted to do this. Someone, please feed this kid a sandwich. He looks starved.
Of course this is who is fact checking a joke. They wonder why they lost and no one trusts these jokes. pic.twitter.com/nJ60bQuCVM
— MISTAKES WERE MADE (@MISTAKES_W_MADE) November 19, 2024
You have to appreciate this primer on the origin of 'Deez Nuts.'
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/P1SniapY1t
— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 19, 2024
RIP Warren G pic.twitter.com/SH5Ckevd2C
— bone (@boneGPT) November 19, 2024
In journalism, there's a principle called 'news judgment.' This guides journalists to only cover stories that are in the public interest. It's safe to say that Newsweek lacks this guiding principle.
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"There is no evidence of an 18th Century painter called Deitz Nuützen nor any evidence that the alleged painting existed before Monday."
— Finca (@FincaInvest) November 19, 2024
Thanks Newsweek! 😂😂😂
These people are a caricature of themselves, and they don't even realize it.
Lol, what's next? revealing Michael Hunt doesn't exist? Lmao........a painting by Dietz....🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣
— John FetterChud (@UltraChode) November 19, 2024
— Caelorum et Terra (@ScribaTerrae) November 19, 2024
In the past, a photoshopped or AI image such as this painting would have been ignored by our vigilant press. But, with 'news' outlets hyper-focused on anything that could benefit Trump or cast him in a favorable light, all pretense of journalistic restraint or integrity is tossed away. It's going to be a long four years for Newsweek, assuming they still exist at the end of Trump's term.
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