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The rumor that a picture of U.S. President Joe Biden standing in front of the White House had been "staged" in some manner was virally shared in March 2022.
mage via @POTUS (Twitter)Claim
A picture of U.S. President Joe Biden in front of the White House in March 2022 was "staged" or digitally altered to add trees.Rating
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On March 23, 2022, false rumors were shared on Twitter that claimed a picture of U.S. President Joe Biden leaving the White House had been staged with faked or digitally altered trees.
The Misleading Tweets
A user named @sourpatchlyds tweeted about the photograph of Biden and the trees with green leaves in the background: “This picture is staged. The trees in DC do not look like that right now. Why? Why is it staged. Why is everything a fucking lie with these people.”
Source: Twitter
Another Twitter user named @debostic also appeared to tweet that the picture of Biden showed trees with green leaves that weren’t really there in the month of March: “This is a live shot of The White House today. The trees are mostly bare and the weather is overcast. Your administration is a propaganda machine spreading misinformation. Everything you do and say is a lie.”
Source: TwitterJackson’s Magnolia Trees
Despite these two tweets, the truth here was quite simple.
The “live shot” picture tweeted by @debostic showed the north side. The photograph in the tweet from Biden’s @POTUS Twitter account was taken from the opposite side:
This picture from inside Marine One showed Biden saluting a U.S. Marine and walking on the South Lawn in front of the South Portico and two large trees. On this south side of the White House are two historic Southern magnolia trees (Magnolia grandiflora) that, according to tradition, were originally added by former President Andrew Jackson in 1835.
Southern magnolia trees such as the ones framing the South Lawn have evergreen leaves, which explains why the trees are leafy and green in the photo of Biden. For further evidence, another picture captured on the same day by Getty Images photographer Alex Wong also showed one of the magnolia trees in the background.
Magnolia Trees
We found more information about magnolia trees on Brittanica.com. The website published that magnolia trees and shrubs have “evergreen or deciduous, alternate smooth-margined leaves”:
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Fact check
The rumor that a picture of U.S. President Joe Biden standing in front of the White House had been "staged" in some manner was virally shared in March 2022.
- Published 23 March 2022
mage via @POTUS (Twitter)Claim
A picture of U.S. President Joe Biden in front of the White House in March 2022 was "staged" or digitally altered to add trees.Rating
False
About this rating
Origin
On March 23, 2022, false rumors were shared on Twitter that claimed a picture of U.S. President Joe Biden leaving the White House had been staged with faked or digitally altered trees.
The Misleading Tweets
A user named @sourpatchlyds tweeted about the photograph of Biden and the trees with green leaves in the background: “This picture is staged. The trees in DC do not look like that right now. Why? Why is it staged. Why is everything a fucking lie with these people.”
Source: TwitterAnother Twitter user named @debostic also appeared to tweet that the picture of Biden showed trees with green leaves that weren’t really there in the month of March: “This is a live shot of The White House today. The trees are mostly bare and the weather is overcast. Your administration is a propaganda machine spreading misinformation. Everything you do and say is a lie.”
Source: TwitterJackson’s Magnolia TreesDespite these two tweets, the truth here was quite simple.
The “live shot” picture tweeted by @debostic showed the north side. The photograph in the tweet from Biden’s @POTUS Twitter account was taken from the opposite side:
This picture from inside Marine One showed Biden saluting a U.S. Marine and walking on the South Lawn in front of the South Portico and two large trees. On this south side of the White House are two historic Southern magnolia trees (Magnolia grandiflora) that, according to tradition, were originally added by former President Andrew Jackson in 1835.
Southern magnolia trees such as the ones framing the South Lawn have evergreen leaves, which explains why the trees are leafy and green in the photo of Biden. For further evidence, another picture captured on the same day by Getty Images photographer Alex Wong also showed one of the magnolia trees in the background.
Magnolia Trees
We found more information about magnolia trees on Brittanica.com. The website published that magnolia trees and shrubs have “evergreen or deciduous, alternate smooth-margined leaves”:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bi...d-photo-trees/