Reporters fell for a fake Time magazine cover about President Donald Trump on Sunday.
A photoshopped Time magazine cover depicting Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin with the headline "Liar in Chief" went viral Sunday. Social media users assumed the cover was authentic, and the image quickly spread across Twitter.
But a few reporters checked Time's cover vault and the image appear didn't appear. A Time spokesperson confirmed the cover was a fake.
https://twitter.com/JeffLieber/status/873899203373563904
When Twitter user @markmobility tweeted out the fake magazine cover, it quickly caught fire. His tweet had over 7,500 retweets before people realized the image was fake. He later deleted the tweet.
Some reporters fell for the fake cover.
https://twitter.com/NickMartinSKY/status/873940080259420166
https://twitter.com/Michael_Calia/status/873908258418896897
I wonder if Trump will frame this cover and hang it up on his office wall! #Liar-in-Chief pic.twitter.com/E7Cd8kFrWU
— Alaa Abdelnaby (@alaatweets) June 11, 2017
Other reporters deleted their tweet of the fake cover but still commented on how authentic and realistic it seemed.
That (not) @time cover is a credible fake. We all know it rings true. https://t.co/iSl0DwFOHK
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) June 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/status/873998638678024193
The newest authentic Time cover focuses on Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Trump's DC hotel gets its own cover of TIME magazine pic.twitter.com/xAAyvBRgYX
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 8, 2017
