{"id":2299344,"date":"2024-07-18T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-nbc-news-photoshop-images-of-trump-assassination-attempt-to-include-u-s-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T12:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:21:42","slug":"did-nbc-news-alter-images-of-trump-assassination-attempt-to-show-u-s-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-nbc-news-alter-images-of-trump-assassination-attempt-to-show-u-s-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Did NBC News alter images of Trump assassination attempt to show U.S. flag?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdid-nbc-news-alter-images-of-trump-assassination-attempt-to-show-u-s-flag%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=2299344&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--><p>A post on \u200cThreads claimed that\u200c NBC \u2063News digitally \u200daltered\u200c photos of the attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump to show a U.S. \u2064flag.\u2063 However, \u200bthis claim is false \u2064as the image was taken \u2063by \u2062a \u200cphotographer for AP News and other photos from different news outlets \u200calso show the flag at the event. The\u2062 Secret Service had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-impeachment-appears-to-be-distraction-from-what-democrat-leadership-knew-about-jan-6\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson: Impeachment Appears to Be Distraction From What Democrat Leadership Knew About Jan. 6\">increased security measures<\/a> around Trump after receiving intel about an Iranian plot to assassinate him,\u2063 but this was unrelated to the attempted assassination at the \u2062rally. The post on Threads included various \u2064images from the rally in \u200dButler, Pennsylvania,\u2062 where \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-terrorism-official-theres-a-real-acceleration-by-iran-to-assassinate-enemies-on-foreign-soil\/\" title=\"UK Terrorism Official: Iran Speeds Up Plotting Assassinations Abroad\">assassination attempt occurred<\/a>, with one image showing\u2064 Trump with the American \u2063flag in the background.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p><span>A post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@randi.mayem.singer\/post\/C9aLnpivrrG\"><span>shared on Threads<\/span><\/a><span>  claims NBC News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gag-order-reinstated-in-new-york-civil-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"Gag order on Trump reinstated in NY fraud trial\">digitally altered photos<\/a> taken during the attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump to show a U.S. flag.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"ig-tp-C9aLnpivrrG\" data-text-post-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@randi.mayem.singer\/post\/C9aLnpivrrG\" data-text-post-version=\"0\">\n<div>\n<p>Post by @randi.mayem.singer<\/p>\n<p>View on Threads<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post is inaccurate. The image was taken by a photographer for AP News, and many other photos from other news outlets provide evidence that the flag was present at the event.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service has increased security measures around Trump after receiving intel about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/politics\/iran-plot-assassinate-trump-secret-service\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. It is believed that this bears no connection to the man who attempted to assassinate Trump last Saturday at the rally, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Threads post shows a compilation of various images during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in which the assassination attempt took place. Two images have logos for CNN and Fox News. Another image shows Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents as an American flag can be seen in the background and is the only image in the post in which the flag is seen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DID NBC PHOTOSHOP THEIR IMAGES TO ADD THE U.S. FLAG?&rdquo; overlaid text reads.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has been bugging me since it happened. The viral pic has a flag,&rdquo; the caption reads. &ldquo;There was no flag behind Trump and the SS. Who photoshopped in the flag?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post is inaccurate, however. It&rsquo;s important to note that the image with the &ldquo;NBC News&rdquo; text was actually taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-photo-flag-iconic-bullet-f668b7dcc7b365a319a5daaac582775d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AP News<\/a> photographer Evan Vucci, not an NBC News photographer. <strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/17\/fact-check-donald-trump-presidents-who-didnt-get-shot-july-2015\/\">RELATED: Did Donald Trump Say &lsquo;I Like Presidents Who Didn&rsquo;t Get Shot&rsquo; In July 2015?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is evidence that a flag was actually present. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/campaign-signs-and-empty-water-bottles-are-seen-on-the-news-photo\/2161942386?adppopup=true\"><span>Getty<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/the-american-flag-that-served-as-the-backdrop-for-a-news-photo\/2161413713?adppopup=true\"><span>Images<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/the-american-flag-that-served-as-the-backdrop-for-a-news-photo\/2161413535?adppopup=true\"><span>pictures<\/span><\/a><span>  show that a large flag was suspended between two cranes high up in the air&mdash;this height could make it so that it&rsquo;s not always visible in photos. <\/span><span>An article from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-assassination-attempt-what-happened-734900d303fcfbf349162047f8059601\"><span>AP News<\/span><\/a><span>  shows a wide shot of the flag above the stage and another Vucci image in which Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents and the flag is visible in the top right corner of the shot.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post on Threads alleges that NBC News altered photos of the attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump to include a U.S. flag, but this claim is false. The image in question was actually taken by an AP News photographer, and other photos from different news outlets show that the flag was indeed present at the event. The Secret Service had increased security around Trump due to a potential Iranian plot, which was unrelated to the assassination attempt at the rally. Various images from the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania where the attempt took place show the flag in the background, disproving the claim that NBC News digitally added it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2299345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161413713-e1721235840560.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,35465,3634],"class_list":["post-2299344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-nbc-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161413713-e1721235840560.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299344","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\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}