In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts. Former President Barack Obama, pictured at a town hall in Berlin in April 2019, has released a statement on the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minnesota. "George Floyd was killed May 25th, 2020.
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Former President Barack Obama participated in a virtual town hall on racial justice and police reform hosted by My Brother's Keeper Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation… The Obama Foundation did not tweet an image of Floyd on May 17.
Cheung, Helier. Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday personally thanked protesters in the streets across the nation following the death of George Floyd, and … You rely on Snopes, and we rely on you.
On June 9, the image from the May 16 post had been changed to the foundation’s logo: An Obama Foundation spokesperson confirmed for us that the rumor is false, and that the preview image for Obama.org updates dynamically based on information set in the link.
The foundation changed its Twitter card image after Floyd’s death, and that made the image in tweets linking to its website from before his death show Floyd’s likeness.But, contrary to what the Facebook post suggests, the Obama Foundation didn’t tweet the image of the Floyd poster prior to his death. "This picture is from the Obama Foundation. “Obama Foundation Tweeted About George Floyd on May 17th, A Week Before His Murder,” reads the headline of an article shared on Facebook and Twitter. So, any Facebook post from mid-May that includes a link to the Obama Foundation’s website would continue to show whatever image was set as the site’s card at that time.A Facebook post claims that a tweet from the Obama Foundation appears with a photo from a George Floyd protest before Floyd’s death. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The foundation actually updated its The Internet Archive shows that the Obama Foundation website contained code on May 17 that designated a photo of former President Barack Obama in The foundation changed its Twitter card image after Floyd’s death, and that made the image in tweets linking to its website from before his death show Floyd’s likeness. Take note, voters: A nebulous batch of ludicrous rumors that grew into a kind of stealth internet game is now playing a visible part in the 2020 U.S. elections.A social media meme sought to exonerate U.S. President Donald Trump from any connection with Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.Mailbox rumors swirled in 2020, as did real concern about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to meet demand before the general election.The phrase "under God" is still regularly recited by members of the Democratic party.
Help preserve this vital resource. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation heartbroken … ©All Rights Reserved Poynter Institute 2020, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization In the wake of George Floyd’s death, a Facebook post questions why a tweet from the Obama Foundation, posted before he died on May 25, displays a protest sign with Floyd’s image on it. The Obama Foundation mysteriously tweeted an image of a protest sign with George Floyd's face on it on May 16 and 17, 2020, more than a week before his death.In early June, social media users stumbled upon an Obama Foundation tweet dated May 17 that featured a photograph of a poster with Floyd’s face on it. The Obama Foundation did not tweet an image of Floyd on May 17. The photo is actually a preview image that acts as a link to Obama.org and is updated automatically and retroactively as the website is updated. Contributions or gifts to PolitiFact, which is part of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Poynter Institute, are tax deductible.A Facebook post claims that the Obama Foundation tweeted a photo of a sign at a George Floyd protest before his death occurred. The misunderstanding appeared in the reactions to a tweet published by The Obama Foundation on May 17, 2020 (archived here) which read: "A spokesperson for the Obama Foundation told PolitiFact that the photo with the George Floyd protest sign was a preview image for the foundation’s website, obama.org. Please retweet this as much as possible if anyone knows how to change an image in a past tweet please tell meThis rumor has no truth to it. Obama spoke on reimagining policing in the wake of continued police violence as civil unrest continues across the nation after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
The foundation actually updated its The Internet Archive shows that the Obama Foundation website contained code on May 17 that designated a photo of former President Barack Obama in Obama urges Americans to make "real change" in wake of George Floyd's death. They questioned how the photo could have been shared days before Floyd’s death and how a Twitter post allegedly could be edited retroactively: This may be the most important thing I've ever tweeted, can anyone explain how the image may have been changed after May 17? The photo was not part of the tweet when it was posted.
To understand that, it helps to know how Twitter handles the images that appear with some tweets.Twitter allows certain certified account holders to designate a preset image, called a The protest image appeared on obama.org, without a photo credit, on May 31 with an Obama Foundation press It’s similar to the way, say, Facebook shows a user’s current profile picture with a post. The Obama Foundation, photo of George Floyd sign, accessed June 22, 2020 The Obama Foundation’s tweets shared links to its website, In other words, at a certain point following Floyd’s death the foundation changed the We reached out to the Obama Foundation to ask about the photo on June 8. The photograph of the poster with Floyd’s face on it was taken on May 30, 2020, according to the foundation, and was first used on the site on May 31. When the Obama Foundation website changed the image associated with their front page after George Floyd's death it changed on Twitter in all older tweets that linked to it.