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# Verifying #sandy
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/10/verifying_sandy/
- Published: 2012-10-30T13:27:45.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:47:33.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, Social Media, social media verification

![Oh, Sandy...](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/10/fake_ny_tornado.jpg?resize=640%2C427)

It’s been a busy night for the many journalists covering the impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York City, not least in separating the wheat from the chaff:

- Is the above photo too good to be true? [Yes.](http://blog.storyful.com/2012/10/29/thats-not-sandy-how-to-spot-a-fake-image-in-three-easy-steps?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
- [The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal goes verifying](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/instasnopes-sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). In many cases, the real images are more dramatic – and unexpected – than the fakes.
- And BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski looks at one pseudonymous tweeter who was [successfully spreading false news…](http://buzzfeedpolitics.tumblr.com/post/34623254677/how-one-well-connected-pseudonymous-twitter-spread?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

 For reference:- \[How to verify content from social media\](http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-features/how-to-verify-content-from-social-media/s5/a548645/) - \[Organising the social media chaos\](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/05/newsrw\_-\_organising\_the\_social\_media\_cha.html) – a news:rewired session on social media verification