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A highway sign in Flagstaff, Arizona, did not display a message that read ‘Arrive alive and vote down Project 2025?’ The viral image showing the message was a digital manipulation of an existing stock photo. The stock photo was not taken in Flagstaff.
The image can be traced back at least 10 years to the stock image site Shutterstock, and appears later on several other stock photo websites. Older versions of the photo exist on Shutterstock and other websites with and without digitally altered text.
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Sources
- Shutterstock, LED Traffic Road Signs
- Photofunia, Blog → Effect. LED Road Sign
- Facebook, Loizzo Photography
- Google Lens, Exact Matches
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