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pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:17 PM Jun 2016

Trump responds to racism accusations with FAKE photo of black supporters

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/04/3784856/trump-responds-accusations-racism-fake-photo-black-supporters/

This morning on Twitter, Trump was back at it, highlighting the support of an African-American family.

Just one problem. The photo is fake.

It was not taken at a Trump event. Rather, it was taken at the “The 27th annual Midwest Black Family Reunion” held in Ohio in August 2015. The event featured “music, art, chess, children’s games and other activities.”

Last year, Trump attracted controversy when he retweeted fake statistics claiming 81% of white murder victims were murdered by blacks. The actual figure is 14%.

UPDATE JUN 4, 2016 2:21 PM

Speaking to BuzzFeed News, the parents in the photo -- Eddie and Vanessa Perry -- said they are not Trump supporters. They aren't endorsing or publicly supporting anyone. Eddie Perry called Trump's use of the photo "misleading" and "political propaganda."
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Trump responds to racism accusations with FAKE photo of black supporters (Original Post) pnwmom Jun 2016 OP
One fake family photo and a taco bowl .....his diversity attempts are as outrageous as his lies Person 2713 Jun 2016 #1
Ugh. Too bad the family can't get him for slander. Hekate Jun 2016 #2
This is so exquisitely Trumpish. tclambert Jun 2016 #3
And isn't it pathetic that he doesn't have one single black family pnwmom Jun 2016 #4
"Exquisitely Trumpish," yes. Lol! Hortensis Jun 2016 #8
Here is a story from the news site that he stole it from Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #5
Who is Don_Vito_08??? tanyev Jun 2016 #6
Somebody else is asking that question. pnwmom Jun 2016 #7
Ooh, thanks for that. tanyev Jun 2016 #9
Interesting - Facebook page of Common Sense Ads, April 13 tanyev Jun 2016 #11
I thought it was a Godfather reference. tclambert Jun 2016 #12
OK, here we go. "Trump has quoted Twitter bots 150 times, according to this analysis of his tweets" tanyev Jun 2016 #13
He just grabbed a pic off the Internet? The least he could have done rocktivity Jun 2016 #10
Hopefully the photographer pursues this, T-rump campaign is guilty of copyright infringement groundloop Jun 2016 #18
Again, THESE DAYS how does anyone think they can get away with this shit?? nt 7962 Jun 2016 #14
trump is a lying sack of crap MariaThinks Jun 2016 #15
Donald, first the good news, "You're fired." Now the bad news. This is reality, not television. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #16
Trump's so dumb he doesn't know the difference between rabbit turds and Rice Krispies. 47of74 Jun 2016 #17
Man, he has some brass stones to think he can get away with that crap. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #19

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
4. And isn't it pathetic that he doesn't have one single black family
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 04:03 PM
Jun 2016

among his many many many friends?

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
6. Who is Don_Vito_08???
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 05:01 PM
Jun 2016

The most interesting thing I noticed in the Buzzfeed article is that Don_Vito_08 shared the photo of the AA family only three minutes before Trump retweeted it. They also mentioned that Don_Vito_08 was the source of the ugly Melania/Heidi Cruz tweet.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/trump-fake-photo?utm_term=.laj4YazDp#.ohLw7bjOy


Now I don't know enough about how the Twitter works, but is it possible that Don_Vito_08 is just another alias for Trump himself or at least someone very involved in the Trump campaign? A quick scan of that Twitter feed shows someone obsessed with the campaign who expresses themselves in a similar manner to Trump.

https://twitter.com/Don_Vito_08

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
9. Ooh, thanks for that.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 06:00 PM
Jun 2016

It was the first thing that hit me when I read the Buzzfeed article this morning and I did some quick googling before I went to work, but I didn't find anything then. I do think the way the article was written on Buzzfeed suggests it, but maybe they didn't want to come right out and say it and get slapped with a nuisance lawsuit from Herr Trumpenfuhrer.

Whether or not he's personally running that account, I'd be very willing to bet that the only reason it exists is to provide ammo that he can retweet and provide the "I was just retweeting something someone else tweeted" cover if someone calls him on it.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
11. Interesting - Facebook page of Common Sense Ads, April 13
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 07:42 PM
Jun 2016
ATTENTION! @Don_Vito_08 is taking credit for my work by putting his logo on them! DISHONEST! See Image. https://t.co/haXWDzDbla

I gave permission to @Don_Vito_08 to use my images, but now he is putting his own logo on them and has blocked me! SHAME!

ATTENTION! @Don_Vito_08 is using my works and tries to take credit for them by putting his own logo on! Tell him to be ORIGINAL!


Common Sense Ads provides funny and thought provoking memes for social media outlets in support of the Trump Movement.
https://www.facebook.com/Common-Sense-Ads-1585004065161209/

The page has been liked by Donald J. Trump's Facebook page.
Page was launched on April 9th.


Don_Vito_08 joined Twitter August 20th.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
12. I thought it was a Godfather reference.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 07:50 PM
Jun 2016

Maybe some wannabe mobster who thinks he should be the next Vito Corleone. Although apparently there were 7 others before him.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
13. OK, here we go. "Trump has quoted Twitter bots 150 times, according to this analysis of his tweets"
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 08:04 PM
Jun 2016
Donald Trump has quoted pro-Trump Twitter bots when tweeting messages to his supporters 150 times, according to an analysis of his account by SocialPuncher, a Russian social media company.

It is not clear why these accounts exist. The bots make it appear that Trump’s support on Twitter is bigger and louder than perhaps it is in real life. But Trump is so popular it’s not clear whether the pro-Trump bot army actually makes any difference. And there is no evidence to suggest the Trump campaign knows about the bots. Trump sometimes uses interns to write his tweets for him, so perhaps they are making mistakes. Whatever the explanation, it seems that Trump is the only presidential candidate whose Twitter account has difficulty telling the difference between a bot and a human.

One potential explanation is that Trump’s habit of retweeting anyone and anything — racists or Mussolini, for instance — has encouraged people to create dozens of bots that do little but target Trump with messages in the hope of getting a retweet. That might be a tactic to generate more followers for a bot network, because the more real followers a botnet has, the harder it is to detect. Usually, people create bots in order to inflate their follower count on Twitter, giving others a false impression of their importance. Twitter bans and deletes bots when it finds them.

Shevstov says that “@Don_Vito_08 is a classical bot – his twitter feed is a cocktail of @realDonaldTrump’s retweets, @realDonaldTrum’s news and tweets of @realDonaldTrump’s bots.” On April 6, for instance, the majority of @Don_Vito_08?s tweets consisted of the same pro-Trump message tweeted over and over again, along with retweets of other pro-Trump messages. The account appears to have no other interests than Trump.


http://www.businessinsider.co.id/donald-trump-quote-bots-twitter-2016-4/#.V1YOIvZf3cs


How the Trump Network on Twitter Operates

The case of @don_vito_08

https://storify.com/patrickruffini/how-the-trump-network-on-twitter-operates


Interesting analysis by Patrick Ruffini--the Don_Vito_08 account was created on Aug. 20, 2015 but no tweets were sent until Jan. 21, 2016



Sorry to keep spamming your thread, pnwmom, but I just started finding all this stuff and I wanted to keep it all together.




rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
10. He just grabbed a pic off the Internet? The least he could have done
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 07:36 PM
Jun 2016

was buy one from a stock photography site!


rocktivity

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
18. Hopefully the photographer pursues this, T-rump campaign is guilty of copyright infringement
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 06:03 PM
Jun 2016

Yes, they're awful damned stupid not to have simply purchased the rights to a stock photo. And to think they wouldn't get caught, what idiots!!!
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. Man, he has some brass stones to think he can get away with that crap.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 06:57 PM
Jun 2016

He just gets more slimy every day. And he has the nerve to call Hillary crooked?

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