US senator Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about the Kentucky Republican’s condition after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.
The statement included a smiling picture of McConnell with his wife, Elaine Chao, a tacit response to speculation online that he had died or was incapacitated. McConnell held a copy of Sunday’s Washington Post sports section in his hand.
The words in the headline have the right outline and position. The paper looks exactly as pixelated as his shirt. The corner of the photo looks diagonal because that’s where the paper is folded. I don’t see evidence of fakery in any of these things.
There could be AI face replacement going on but there’s no evidence for that either. The photo is not a great way to prove life when the Internet’s full of high quality fake images and videos, but it doesn’t look especially suspicious either.