This photo is a brazen fake.
Clinic employees who publicly speak out in favor of a corona vaccination have the manipulated picture turned around in their mouths.
The edited recording is spread by anti-vaccination campaigners on social media. But what does it mean?
The unedited photo was originally posted by Jena University Hospital on November 11th. In the accompanying text, the team from the central emergency department calls for vaccinations because the existing treatment capacities are required for the severely injured and the sick.
A closer look at the fake photo reveals that the font of the word “not” differs from the rest of the text. Clearly evident from the different sizes of the I-point and the differently curved letters C and H.
After the fake became known and its distribution, the clinic staff expressed their horror on Facebook:
“We are really horrified right now, because apparently our vaccination message was knowingly and deliberately forged. Vaccination opponents misuse photos of our employees to spread their crude messages. In addition, a clear message: Falsifying copyrighted content is a criminal offense! Also on social media. This is NOT a trivial offense. We take action against the polluters.“
It is also called upon to report the manipulated image on social media.
The case shows how easily messages and photos can be twisted on social networks. For example, clinic employees who speak out in favor of a corona vaccination can turn the word in their mouths with a simple image manipulation.
How do we examine videos for manipulation in the editorial office? It is important to take a look at the details. The individual frames of a video often reveal whether a video has been edited. We take a close look at each picture and enlarge individual sections. Indications of a fake are, for example: lack of motion blur, unnatural shadows or cutting errors. At stern, the general rule is: Seriousness over speed. We always double-check facts and material carefully before we publish them. To do this, we work with the cross-editorial “Verification Team” together with RTL, NTV, RTL2, and Radio NRW.