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Cruz Email: Fake/Hoax, or Real?
self ^ | Feb. 2, 2016 | self

Posted on 02/02/2016 2:55:31 PM PST by Theo

Some people are claiming that the following screenshot is of an email from someone at the Cruz campaign. To my eye, it looks like a poorly Photoshopped hoax. Note the size/color of the font in the name "Don," the white blocks that appear to be where someone cleared area on the image, and the oddly cropped JPG artifacts around the letters.

What say you? Is this a real screenshot of a real email from someone at the Cruz campaign? Or is it a fake?



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KEYWORDS: 2annoited2fail; cruz; falsewitness
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To: Linda Frances
Not fake. From the article liked in post 15;

"Cruz Iowa staffer Spence Rogers also suggested in an email to precinct captains that Carson may be announcing the end of his campaign next week.

"Breaking News. The press is reporting that Dr. Ben Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail after Iowa and making a big announcement next week," the email read. "Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted Cruz."

Ted's team sent the email, someone took a picture and tweeted it. This is not rocket science.




21 posted on 02/02/2016 3:30:15 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: RitaOK

“Are you so up the trousers of Cruz”

That cracked me up, but it is so appropriate. And they claim Trump supporters are cultists.


22 posted on 02/02/2016 3:31:35 PM PST by odawg
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To: Theo

Steve King and Ted Cruz tweets were REAL


23 posted on 02/02/2016 3:31:36 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Good point.


24 posted on 02/02/2016 3:33:13 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nifster

This is not a Tweet. This is purportedly an email from the Cruz campaign.


25 posted on 02/02/2016 3:33:47 PM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

On Sunday morning NBC, Carson said essentially the same thing as in the email. He was hoping he would pull off a surprise. But he didn’t expect to do well and would step back and consider whether it was worth it to stay in.


26 posted on 02/02/2016 3:39:57 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: dynoman
Not fake.

You have the makings of the "Fake but Accurate" Dan Rather defense.

27 posted on 02/02/2016 3:40:02 PM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Theo
I ran the image through photoshop and altered the brightness and contrast settings, now look at it:


28 posted on 02/02/2016 3:40:38 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Theo

Theo, the point is that the deed itself is done, Cruz apologized for being a cheap trickster, and as usual.... blamed it on his staff. Again. LOL! So now, no one gives a damn which little tweet was pristine and which of them was not.

You had his cut throat Blumenthal type tweeting that it was TRUMP who did it all. LOL!!

Cruz is a political thug, apparently, who happens to pray in public for votes.

ON TO NEW HAMPSHIRE!

TRUMP 2016


29 posted on 02/02/2016 3:42:40 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Theo
"I'm not claiming to be buckhead."


To: dynoman

That Photoshop image *IS* an obvious hoax. Like the Dan Rather letter hoax. And you fell for it. Sad.

Also, see this:

https://twitter.com/1nicmarlo/status/694545599904006144

https://twitter.com/1nicmarlo/status/694553676732612608

162 posted on 02/02/2016 8:38:43 AM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)



You mentioned the Dan Rather letter hoax. Looks like you thought you were going to be another buckhead.

Ted sent the e-mail. Sad. Someone screen capped it or took a picture of it. Pretty simple. Nice he apologized for it but like Carson said the damage is done. I actually thought Cruz was above this kind of dirty political status quo crap. But he obviously isn't. The scare mail not this on caucus night. Stunning. I would have happily voted for Ted as the nominee. Now I'm not so sure.

If Trump had done something like this last night we would never hear the end of it. Amazing that Trump was one of the honest ones last night. Amazing he was one who didn't pull dirty crap last night.

It is what it is.
30 posted on 02/02/2016 3:44:47 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman
Ted sent the e-mail. Sad.

Actually, Ted didn't send the e-mail, but someone on his staff did. Ted took responsibility for them running with a story from CNN, and apologized. End of story.

31 posted on 02/02/2016 3:46:25 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Mr.Unique

Read the link in post 15. Ted’s campaign sent the e-mail out. Someone took a picture or screen capped it and tweeted it out. This is not rocket science and is nothing to become paranoid about.

The e-mail is similar to the other political status quo garbage Cruz was pulling last night.

I thought he was better than gutter politics.


32 posted on 02/02/2016 3:47:48 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: trisham; Georgia Girl 2
Good point.

Not really. Cruz appologized for something, but not this specific email. The most you can say is that this is Fake but accurate.

Or, it may be real.

33 posted on 02/02/2016 3:48:01 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Pictionary at the Rorschach's tonight!)
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To: CA Conservative

Ok so his staff engages in gutter politics. That e-mail wasn’t the only crappy thing they did last night.


34 posted on 02/02/2016 3:49:17 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: CA Conservative

Make restitution, then done.


35 posted on 02/02/2016 3:49:41 PM PST by Suz in AZ
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To: dynoman

So “Don” is the same font size and color as the rest of the text in the image?


36 posted on 02/02/2016 3:49:56 PM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

Exactly. *THIS* image looks photoshopped.


37 posted on 02/02/2016 3:50:20 PM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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To: Theo
Worth repeating:

Yes, CNN reported about an email. But is *this* particular image fake?

38 posted on 02/02/2016 3:51:16 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Pictionary at the Rorschach's tonight!)
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To: Theo
This one doesn't;



Neither do these;





Twitter images aren't the best quality to begin with.
39 posted on 02/02/2016 3:53:16 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

Take a breath and apply some logic.


40 posted on 02/02/2016 3:53:49 PM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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