{"id":5682,"date":"2012-05-29T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2012-05-29T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:17:59","slug":"proof-some-craig-thomson-dirt-being-fabricated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2012\/05\/proof-some-craig-thomson-dirt-being-fabricated\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof Some Craig Thomson Dirt Being Fabricated"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stumbled onto an interesting picture on Twitter<\/a> tonight, one which immediately struck me as a fake.<\/p>\n

Now of course, there are plenty of lousy Photoshop jobs online – such as the amazing levitating Chinese park inspectors<\/a> – but this one was a little more interesting.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

With the accompanying quote:<\/p>\n

“Guess who was at today’s Labor caucus meeting? I thought he was suspended!!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Firstly, Craig Thomson<\/a> IS suspended and\/or resigned from the ALP, so they aren’t going to be dumb enough to put him in front of the TV cameras at a caucus meeting.<\/p>\n

Secondly, he seems to have a REALLY long neck in this photo – take note of the shoulders of the various people sitting in the same row.<\/p>\n

I can’t conclusively<\/i> say it’s a Photoshopped image, but either it IS<\/i> faked, or it was taken from another day, and another caucus meeting.<\/p>\n

How can I be sure it’s one or the other? Take note of the colour of Kelvin Thompson’s<\/a> tie across the aisle.<\/p>\n

Looks red?<\/p>\n

Look what colour tie Kelvin is wearing today, taken from this live stream of the House of Representatives this evening:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Looks yellow? I’ve included evidence of the date I took the screen dump in the background.<\/p>\n

He’s not even wearing the same suit! The original image is quite clearly from a different day, even if it is Photoshopped.<\/p>\n

I don’t of course know who tried to swing this scam. Perhaps the owner of the tweet in which I found it was the person. Perhaps that user found the image and shared it?<\/p>\n

We’ll probably never know – but the question is now out there.<\/p>\n

What this goes to show is that people who are determined to see Craig Thomson go down will do anything, including deliberately making stuff up.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if Thomson is guilty or innocent of the allegations against him – I’ll leave that up to a court of law.<\/p>\n

Just as everyone else should too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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