Smiling black woman next to Corbett on his website was Photoshopped

[kpete]

http://media.philly.com/images/600*108/20140817-Corbett-image.jpg

It's no secret that things haven't always gone smoothly for Gov. Corbett in his effort to woo minority voters in Pennsylvania. Most famously, the one-term GOP governor -- who's in the fight of his life for re-election -- last year told editors of Philadelphia-based Al Dia at a roundtable that he didn't have any Latinos in his cabinet, adding: "If you can find us one, please let us know."

Now, according to a report going viral tonight on social media, Corbett's re-election campaign found an African-American woman to stand next to the governor on his website photos.

Not an actual woman. According to Buzzfeed, the black woman who gazes at Corbett was Photoshopped from a stock picture.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Report-Smiling-black-woman-next-to-Corbett-on-his-website-was-Photoshopped.html#cGjSqHU6cz52lZCW.99


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Here’s a closer look:



And here’s the Shutterstock page for the the stock image “Financial Advisor Talking To Senior Couple At Home.”


Put next to each other you can clearly see it’s the same woman, with the color of her shirt slightly altered:


MORE:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/black-woman-photoshopped-into-group-photo-with-gop-governor?utm_term=1akf4m2#3xauh8n

[underpants]

1. They couldn't find ONE black woman from the campaign?

One?

Wow. Hell I played a nodding "middle aged white guy" in a Tim Kaine commercial.

[DeSwiss]

35. ....

[Cali_Democrat]

43. LOL

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

47. Too funny

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. seems legit

[uponit7771]

57. +1

[gordianot]

2. At least fake supporters do not vote.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Reminds me of the old joke

"You're so ugly we have to tie a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you."

Your politics are so ugly we have to Photoshop people into your picture.

[JaneyVee]

4. Bad photoshop job too.

[progressoid]

10. Other than the lighting, contrast, and color, it's not so bad.

I hope it was done by an intern that took a class in college and not a pro.

[Logical]

41. LOL, why does someone always have to say this? nt

[CTyankee]

5. At first I thought that was Valerie Jarrett...

[Stellar]

8. I too thought it was Val Jarrett...

looks just like her. Whoa!

[BumRushDaShow]

15. I thought the exact same thing!

[tanyev]

6. Oh, I get it. When Reince Preibus said the GOP was going to focus on minority outreach,

he meant they were going to put a lot more money in their stock photo budget.

[deurbano]

30. Good one!

[SummerSnow]

36. They are focusing ...on empty seats that is.

[SummerSnow]

38. Like this right?...lol

[seabeyond]

7. omg, no way. that should be so fuggin embarrassing and humiliating for him. oh wait....

repug. they do not get embarrassed by lack of integrity or character.

[procon]

9. It's a sad commentary on the GOP

when the best idea they can come up with show how inclusive they are is a faked photo. So that must mean they don't really have any people of color attending their events, and they must not have any token black people on staff that they could use as props in the crowd for the photo op.

[tblue37]

34. Don't forget--all the ordinary folks "Republicans" in the RNC ad were also

stock photos.

[Octafish]

11. Diebold will make sure her vote counts, too.

Probably Republican, at a rate of about 20:1 vs. Democratic counts.

[Eleanors38]

12. S. Epatha Merkerson. She made the cover of AARP!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. But she's not there

Well no one told me about her the way she lied
Well no one told me about her how many people cried
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know why should I care
Please don't bother tryin' to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the colour of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

Well no one told me about her, what could I do
Well no one told me about her, though they all knew
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don't bother tryin' to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the colour of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there



But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don't bother tryin' to find her
She's not there

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the colour of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

The Zombies - She's Not There Lyrics

[BumRushDaShow]

14. They should have picked a relative of his *former* son-in-law

[LynneSin]

17. Let's not go down that path. We got the Hunter Biden story we have to deal with now

Which isn't something to brag about.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I was going to put a sarcasm thingy on there

but IMHO, I still think he is toast. Michelle Obama made an appearance at a rec center about a mile from me on Wednesday and needless to say the crowd was ecstatic. The hope being that the Philly turnout will be bumped up a bit from the terribly lackluster 2010 turnout (crossing fingers).

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/15/michelle-obama-visits-philadelphia-to-energize-electorate-for-tom-wolf/

[LynneSin]

16. To be fair she is an actual woman.

She's just not an actual woman happy to be standing next to PA Governor Tom Corbett listening to whatever cockamanie bullshit lies he is spewing.

[Liberalynn]

24. +1

[VanillaRhapsody]

51. Your sig-line made me think....Corbett must have looked at the picture of himself and thought

"do you know what this photograph of me needs?"

"More Black people!!"


"I've got a fever......and the only cure is.....a smiling elderly Black Woman!"

[malthaussen]

18. Ya know, I'm pretty sure that's a photo of AN ACTUAL WOMAN.

The fact that the pic was photoshopped into the campaign ad does not erase the poor woman's existance.

Ah, Lynne Sin beat me to it.

-- Mal

[HoosierCowboy]

20. Lost...

...more Republican votes than gained black ones. The lady is slightly "lighter" than the original, that didn't work either.

[yellowcanine]

21. To be fair, she is not quite as dark in the Corbett photo.

Might have been going for the blackish look.

[yellowcanine]

22. Corbett looks as if he might be having "gas" issues in that picture.

"I will keep this smile pasted on so no one can tell it was me."

[Jenoch]

23. It's amazing what

stupid things campaign staffers will do when they panic. It's not just staffers either. I can think of two instances where candidates were caught removing political leaflets of the other party from the doors of potential voters.

[slor]

25. The stock photo husband is on the far right of the...

corbett pic too.

[Helen Borg]

26. "Not an actual woman.". Technically, she is an actual woman!

She just was not there with this guy, when the picture was taken.

[MadrasT]

27. I love the smell of Republican desperation in the morning.

BYE-BYE, ONE TERM TOMMY!!!

[LibDemAlways]

28. If the R's idea of minority outreach is to photoshop African Americans

into pictures with the candidate, that in itself says all you need to know about Repuke interest in diversity. Utterly stupid and tone-deaf, fooling nobody. African Americans largely vote Democratic because it's in their best interest to do so, as it is with every thinking member of the 99% club.

[marions ghost]

32. Classic, isn't it?

yeah it says everything about their fake "diversity" message.

Fail

[C Moon]

29. Wow wow wow!!! :D

[Eric J in MN]

31. He's going to lose.

He can fill his house with cardboard-cutout stock image supporters when he steps down early next year.

[douggg]

33. Get me a black woman

but I don't want her next to me in real life.

[SummerSnow]

37. The GOP has the Shutterstock desktop icon.

they type in 'photos of black people' lol

[Cha]

39. This lady sure isn't smiling at that a$$hole. Such a fake scamming idiot. Yeah, you, Corbett.

[jtuck004]

40. Sometimes you can't even BUY a black friend.

He really should move on from that, like most of the rest of us have. The whole "treating people like human beings" and appreciating them for who they are is so much more uplifting.

[Jamaal510]

42. ...

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[Kaleva]

44. It looks like most everyone is photshopped on the pic

Just look at how diverse the people are that Corbett is meeting:




Only two white guys in the bunch.


Edit: Corbett campaign says everyone is photoshopped:

"A black woman smiling in the background of a group picture that appears at the bottom of every page of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s campaign website is actually a stock image, photshopped in.

Everyone else in the graphic was photoshopped in, too."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/black-woman-photoshopped-into-group-photo-with-gop-governor#2nvmsh4

[BlancheSplanchnik]

50. bet the short haired woman in front found her way there

When the puke said, "oh, and a lesbian. Put in one o' them too."

[Kaleva]

59. Lol!

It's got to be embarrassing for the rebups to have to resort to photoshopping to show diversity.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

60. I'm pretty sure

They're incapable of shame.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

45. LOL. Even Cliven Bundy found a real black person to support him. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

52. ahahahhahahahahaha! YES!!!! THIS ^^^ +1000

[HeiressofBickworth]

46. He must have used the same outfit

that did the picture of Bush with a mixed-minority group of soldiers behind him --- except that it was shown to be photoshopped.

[winstars]

48. They also made her, a litttttttle less----------- BLACK!!! Assholes.... Look at the side by side.

[MisterP]

53. hey! Photostock-Americans are people too! look at the last part of the name: *American*

[Helen Borg]

54. He has a really red face and really blue eyes...

Actually, if you look just under the chin, there seems to be a border between white neck and red face. Perhaps sunburn? Or Hue manipulation? The blue of the eyes make me think they messed with the vibrance or saturation, after selecting the face only...

[LiberalLovinLug]

55. He's learning from Colbert

[SomethingFishy]

56. I wonder if they paid for the photo...

I use Shutterstock and iStock quite a bit. I am quite proficient at Photoshop. It looks to me like they stole the photo and shopped out the watermark logo when they changed the color of her shirt....

[Heather MC]

58. This IS an improvement last election they were photoshopping the black people out

You guys are never satisfied

[Blue Owl]

61. Those royalty-free supporters always come through in a pinch