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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:14 AM Thursday

Can DU provide us with .html code with which we can indicate that an illustration we're posting is fake? [View all]

Good morning.

Recently I've seen a thread showing what is claimed to be a court artist's illustration made during yesterday's oral argument of Trump v. Barbara. The illustration depicts Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson standing at a lectern directly in front of Donald Trump, as if she were lecturing him.

The illustration was generated by well known right-wing troll Jack Posobiec. It is as phony as the day is long. It's easy to tell. Whoever Posobiec had provide the illustration for him conjured up a setting that in no way shows how the justices are positioned during oral arguments.

When the illustration shows up at Snopes and other factchecking sites, it will quickly be determined to be a fake. Snopes will make sure that the illustration bears some sort of an icon or a red slash, warning all who see it of the illustration's creator's intent to deceive.

I can see that DUers would have reason to post fake illustrations here, in a capacity to alrert fellow DUers of the fraud. In the thread I'm talking about, the OP has made sure that readers are alerted up-front that the illustration is not real. Still, the illustration is there in all its fraudulent glory.

Can we have code here that we could apply to the illustration to mark it as fraudulent? It would look something like this;

[diagonalredslash]Something or other.jpg[/diagonalredslash]

What say you?

It's overcast, so I think I'll go outside and shout at some clouds.

Thanks. See ya.

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