If a picture is usually worth a thousand words, this one is worth millions.

[bigtree]

Last edited Fri Jan 31, 2025, 07:41 PM - Edit history (2)

Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert 4h
This photograph was taken two days ago at the FBI Academy in Quantico and submitted to the NYT under the condition of anonymity.

If a picture is usually worth a thousand words, this one is worth millions.




A photograph provided to The New York Times shows a glimpse of some of the changes underway at the F.B.I., specifically the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on Wednesday.

source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing



before photo

[3catwoman3]

1. Worth a million words...

...for sure. Very powerful.

The paint ought be red.

[rubbersole]

12. Orange.

[Deuxcents]

2. 😭

[LeftinOH]

3. "Leadership, Integrity, Fairness, Cooperativeness, Initiative, Respect," etc

...those are all bad things now.

[SergeStorms]

13. Replaced by.....

greed, bullying, deceit, hate, suspicion, and superiority, by order of his assholiness, Donald J. Trump. 🫅

[sop]

17. Too woke.

[Magoo48]

28. Is there no one at any level of law enforcement who will stand up to Agent Orange?

Appeasement is ugly; it stinks. It never works. Appeasement is the way of grovelers, whiners, and worm tongued, ass kissers.

[sop]

4. That's an incredibly powerful and significant image.

I keep thinking the maintenance worker should have used his paint roller to form a swastika as he covered over the words with that dull gray color.

[rzemanfl]

5. No paint tray, tiny drop cloth, not the clothes of a painter.

A lot to wonder about.

[BruceWane]

6. Eh, I wouldn't be so quick to doubt it.

You don't have to use a tray. Pro painters usually use a grid that is hung on the inside of the bucket, like this.

And as long as you're not going wild with your roller, you don't need much of a drop cloth when you're painting a wall.

Also, if that was photoshopped, they were pretty meticulous to get the reflection on the floor correct (includes the edges already trimmed in, etc).

[rzemanfl]

10. Never saw one of those.

I have seen too much AI stuff lately and am a lousy painter.

[PatSeg]

22. After being overwhelmed

with AI images on social media, I've become skeptical of most photographs.

Unfortunately, AI will get better and in the near future, most people won't know what is real and what is fake. It will go way beyond Facebook memes. We should be very concerned.

[kkmarie]

49. Neil deGrasse Tyson predicts the end of the internet

Reading some posts here I think we are all becoming fatigued with trying to figure out if a statement is true or a picture is AI or manipulated. Short video

[PatSeg]

55. I know I've reached a saturation point

with AI on the Internet and I'm even questioning if that video sounds like Neil deGrasse Tyson.

[johnnyfins]

14. Its fake.

Enlarge it. There is a halo around the left side of his body. Tell tale sign of Photoshop fuckery(not by a pro). I am a pro. This is weak sauce.

[SergeStorms]

19. Good eye!

I didn't notice that until I expanded the view. I'm sure that picture is being circulated by every right-wing zealot in the country. I'm not, however, accusing the OP of being a right-wing zealot. I certainly would have accepted it as a sign of the fascist Trump administration if not for your keen eye.

[bigtree]

24. it's from a NYT article

...part of a report about the Patel hearing.

.A photograph provided to The New York Times shows a glimpse of some of the changes underway at the F.B.I., specifically the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing

Let's not be our own false info outlet.

[bigtree]

25. it's from a NYT article

...and you have no actual proof that it's something other than what NYT says it is.

...A photograph provided to The New York Times shows a glimpse of some of the changes underway at the F.B.I., specifically the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing

[NJCher]

7. very observant

I might not have noted had you not posted this.

I think this is an apt metaphor for the times. Some thoughtful words, arranged artistically, being covered by drab grey paint.

Oh, and by a white guy, too.

[bigtree]

23. I doubt NYT posted this to fool you

...possible, but it's part of a report about Patel's confirmation.

Caption says this image was taken at Quantico.


...A photograph provided to The New York Times shows a glimpse of some of the changes underway at the F.B.I., specifically the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing (toward the bottom of the article)

[BruceWane]

8. Also....

Also, it's no big deal to get a few, or even a lot, of paint drops on a terrazzo floor like that. It just wipes right off. If that was carpet, he'd have a much bigger drop cloth.

[bigtree]

21. IT'S FROM A NYT ARTICLE

...but thanks for playing.

A photograph provided to The New York Times shows a glimpse of some of the changes underway at the F.B.I., specifically the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/us/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing

[soldierant]

32. In other words ...

the Times is not even claiming it's real. "A photograph provided to the New York Timwe." "PROVIDED" by whom? under what circumstances? If it was provided by a reliable source under conditions of anonymity, they might have said so.

[W_HAMILTON]

34. If they show it and they aren't debunking its authenticity in the same article, they are in essence claiming it's real.

I know NYT has gone to shit lately, but even I don't think they've sunk so low as to allow a fake photoshopped photo make it through their editing process...

[bigtree]

35. you have no proof, but you're positing that what you've imagined is truth

...you need proof, and you need more than your word.

It's your accusation. Prove it with something more than conjecture.

Until then, asserting on a public forum that it's fake is misinformation. It just is.

[KS Toronado]

47. Plus something seems off with the wall hanging

Did he roll around it or hang it back up on still wet paint?

[kacekwl]

53. Even if the picture is fake

It's still real.

[rzemanfl]

54. That is very true.

[Bengus81]

58. Forget the wall, look up at the ceiling and then compare both pics........

They're DIFFERENT.

[rzemanfl]

59. Yes, the ceiling vent is in a different place in relation to the tiles.

Thank you for noticing that. I failed to.

[TommieMommy]

9. That's just horrible. What the hell 😡

[Number9Dream]

11. Preparing for kash patel

[FirstLight]

15. Vile...

I no longer want to be a part of this world. I'm scared of where we're going. And I'm too sick and disabled to fucking take care of myself. If I lose my medicine or my medical coverage and I'm just going to off myself because I can't live like that. It's bad enough as it is in between shots. I'm so distraught today I didn't need to see this

[Pachamama]

29. I'm scared too

I’m not disabled or sick md yet this has been making me sick.

I’m not sure where you live - but at least I feel in my state of California, Californians will stick together and help each other out.

I can’t sugar coat things - it’s going to be bad times ahead. I hope you have some family or friends or neighbors you can turn to. So many people are going to be hit and the only way to survive is to come together with trusted people.

Please know you are not alone.

[FirstLight]

45. yea, I'm in CA and feel a little buffer but still...

It's not feeling much safer right now at all..

[pfitz59]

16. I watched the Kash Patel hearings.

What a loathsome lying pathetic asshole. I mean Grassley. Patel was horrid too.

[SergeStorms]

18. Hopefully the students.....

will do a little "decorating" on their own.

I have a fair amount of hope for the generation that's currently in primary school. They were raised very differently than previous generations. I see a world of differences in what my grandchildren have been taught.


Of course, hate, greed, and all those other undesirable character traits always seem to bleed through later in life.
Hopefully, a solid background of acceptance and inclusion will steer them in a different direction. We can't give up hope. We can NEVER give up hope!

[electric_blue68]

41. I know there are good people out there of all ages....

There are young people who are still being raised in racist, sexist ways; but maybe less in various areas!

And some get to "meet" different people on line, if not in person that may eventually change their minds.

Others are taught a more expansive, inclusionnary way of life from the get go by family, /or school. They that pov for life!
(I did from family, school too.)

[Irish_Dem]

26. American values disappear in front of our eyes.

Now our values are greed, corruption, hate, revenge, invasion, theft.

[BattleRow]

30. Cue Gordon Gecko..

"Greed is good."

[Irish_Dem]

31. A nation of sociopaths.

[ReRe]

46. More like "Greed is God" n/t

[electric_blue68]

42. We still have Plenty of people Not like that! Unfortunately not enough people voted for x reasons, and damn them!

And, yes, I have like a 2% skepticism about our '24 election.

[BoRaGard]

27. .

[Bristlecone]

33. Surprised they didn't use red paint.

And just throw it against the wall to “be more efficient” and save time.

[chowder66]

36. Good luck to all the white dudes that are going to try to blend in with those terrorist cells.

[PatrickforB]

37. Just like the Trump administration, ugly and gray n/t

[BradBo]

38. Next up a photo of Muck throwing the Heil Hitler salute to our nation, asshole.

All those brave men and women that died in the Second World War fighting against Hitler and his Nazi Regime. Screw Musk,I hope all his Space X ships blowup on the launch pad.

[Evolve Dammit]

39. Fuck 'em all. They get off on rolling back the last 60 years. We will fight and they can go to hell.

[Figarosmom]

40. Yep

The mean kids are in charge and they have no use for any of that.

[Tweedy]

44. The want our lunch money, now!

[Tweedy]

43. Integrity ..... integrity just has to go per the GOP

What else does anyone need to know?

[dalton99a]

48. Kick

[Attilatheblond]

50. 1984 arrived a bit late

but, it's heeeeerrrreeee

[Ocelot II]

51. That's so fucking sad.

Good for NYT for publishing it.

[madaboutharry]

52. The NYT may have been duped.

This scene doesn’t look authentic to be. The man is not using professional equipment. How did he get the paint on the roller? Did he just dip it in the can? Not an inch of painters’ tape. A tiny little strip of some material on the floor rather than an actual drop cloth. The man is standing at an awkward angle and dressed inappropriately. There isn’t even a paint stick in sight to stir the paint. Nope.

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. Did the Navy have surplus battleship gray paint?

That's just ugly.

[Wingus Dingus]

57. As a nation we no longer believe in those values. Might as well paint them over.