What follows are the latest examples.
A Taboola-sponsored post titled “Their venom kills within a few seconds, see the deadliest snakes that exist” is wrong on a few counts.
First, it uses a photo of a California red-sided garter snake that had been Photoshopped to amplify the colors. The snake is indeed colorful, but doesn’t have neon shades of blue and red as this photo depicts. The original photo, by Flickr user Vabbley, features less vibrant, natural colors. (See the original photo below, followed by the altered version.)
Also, California red-sided garter snake isn’t venomous.
A sponsored article on Yahoo titled “Russia’s new tank is straight out of a sci-fi film” uses a photo of a model concept tank. The tank is available for 3D printing from designer Addvanced.
Revcontent posted an article titled “He was a huge star, but when he passed away nobody said anything.” It features a photo of the very-much-alive reality-TV star Ty Pennington. Even Pennington has commented on this “fake news” on his Twitter feed.
Lying clickbait purveyors love to misidentify people in photos with their articles to take advantage of the curiosity gap. These are some of the worst lies that clickbait companies do.
A Revcontent article titled “Angelina Jolie’s daughter used to be adorable, but today she looks insane” uses a photo of two girls who are not Jolie’s children. The children pictured are Russian sisters Irina and Serafima Veselkina, who have striking blue eyes. A popular photograph of the child models was taken by Vika Pobeda.
Another Revcontent article titled “Michael Jordan has pretty much given up on his son, here’s why” features a picture of Jordan with a photo of a man who isn’t his son. The mystery man has tattoos covering his face and is holding a machete. The man is actor Joseph Julian Soria in character for the Jason Statham action movie “Crank 2: High Voltage.”
An Outbrain-promoted article titled “After losing 70 lbs., Susan Boyle is unbelievably gorgeous” paired a photo of the British singer with British model Stephanie Arnott.
A clickbait post on Yahoo titled “The most unexpected couples in Hollywood” used a photo of actors Will Smith and Charlize Theron promoting their movie “Hancock.” They were never a couple. The clickbait says, “These stunning interracial couples are showing the world that love is blind. Read on to find out which celebs are dating who.” No thanks.
And finally a couple of odd ones.
A sponsored article titled “The wedding photographer just kept on taking pictures” uses a photo of plus-sized model London Andrews. It's not a wedding photo.
Another sponsored article titled “Amazing ‘fortunately’ timed photos” is just an excuse to run a photo of ridiculously busty Nadine Jansen.
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