{"id":1501668,"date":"2022-06-02T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501668"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:00:34","slug":"fact-check-viral-image-of-costco-blame-joe-biden-gas-pump-screen-is-digitally-edited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-of-costco-blame-joe-biden-gas-pump-screen-is-digitally-edited\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Of Costco \u2018Blame Joe Biden\u2019 Gas Pump Screen Is Digitally Edited"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-viral-image-of-costco-blame-joe-biden-gas-pump-screen-is-digitally-edited%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jason.strader.969\/posts\/pfbid02XKnQ2gTWmo9oeFXWCTFBCAPDUpmogabTefbdFnLHMwXeuEQ1843oBUFrb1ZcZksil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a Costco gas pump displaying a message that reads, \u201cDon\u2019t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Digital photo forensics confirm the image has been digitally edited. A Costco spokesperson denied the company shared such a message.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The average national gas price reached a record high of $4.67 a gallon June 1, up 48 cents in the past month, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/01\/energy\/gas-prices-inflation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. Seven U.S. states now have an average price over $5, with California averaging $6.19 per gallon, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jason.strader.969\/posts\/pfbid02XKnQ2gTWmo9oeFXWCTFBCAPDUpmogabTefbdFnLHMwXeuEQ1843oBUFrb1ZcZksil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a>, shared over 12,000 times, allegedly shows the screen of a Costco gas pump that shows a price of $147.34 for 26 gallons of gasoline. \u201cDon\u2019t blame us. Blame Joe Biden,\u201d reads a message displayed on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForget stickers. Costco just went digital,\u201d the post\u2019s caption states, seemingly referring to the popular \u201cI did that\u201d sticker that has <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2022\/03\/joe-biden-i-did-that-gas-pump-stickers-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared on gas pumps<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally edited. The Error Level Analysis (ELA) tool on <a href=\"https:\/\/29a.ch\/photo-forensics\/#error-level-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forensically<\/a>, an image forensics tool, reveals the text on the screen is not genuine. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/23\/fact-check-diesel-reach-9-a-gallon-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is Diesel Projected To Reach $9 A Gallon By August?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.primeauforensics.com\/meet-michael-primeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Primeau<\/a>, an audio and video forensic expert at Primeau Forensics, confirmed the image appeared to be edited. \u201cThe image is displaying errors of authenticity,\u201d he told Check Your Fact. \u201cLooking at the text\u2026 It indicated a potential overlay from the Error Level Analysis,\u201d Primeau explained. \u201cThis image has been processed at several different points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there appears to be an error in the image in which the word \u201cYes\u201d can be seen floating above the display screen. The placement may be an overlapping mistake made while using a digital editing program, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2022\/05\/fact-check-costco-digital-gas-pump-screen-did-not-display-blame-joe-biden-message.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lead Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Costco gas station post\/image you are referring to is not affiliated with or approved by Costco,\u201d a spokesperson for Costco confirmed in an emailed statement to Check Your Fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a Costco gas pump displaying a message that reads, \u201cDon\u2019t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.\u201dVerdict: False Digital photo forensics confirm the image has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}