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Barking up the wrong tree: The internet wants you to believe this is the dog Kristi Noem shot. It isn’t.
CNN
The photo of the dog believed to be the one South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem shot and killed has been seen millions of times on social media. It’s been published by one of the United Kingdom’s biggest newspapers. It was even distributed by a Washington, DC, animal rights group in a memo blasting Noem. Indeed, when I Googled “Kristi Noem’s dog” this morning, it was one of the first pictures that popped up.
The photo of the dog believed to be the one South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem shot and killed has been seen millions of times on social media. It’s been published by one of the United Kingdom’s biggest newspapers. It was even distributed by a Washington, DC, animal rights group in a memo blasting Noem. Indeed, when I Googled “Kristi Noem’s dog” this morning, it was one of the first pictures that popped up. But the dog in the photo isn’t Noem’s. In an era of deepfakes and artificial intelligence, the photo is an important reminder in this election year that we can all still fall for far less sophisticated types of misinformation — especially when they come in the form of an adorable puppy. And while the dog’s mistaken identity is undoubtedly good news for the dog in the picture (we are told he is alive and well), it’s a not so good reflection of the way we can all easily encounter and share unchecked viral misinformation. Individual forums on Reddit are known as “subreddits,” and there is an endless universe of them devoted to dogs. It was on the “Puppy” subreddit where user “LukeWarm273” posted a photo of their dog “Blue” last year.
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