30-03-2023, 08:02 AM
It certainly looks like a fake to me.
Using a screenshot from @leewilliams' very helpful video capture, I quickly matched the cropped image (purporting to show 'the Globe' branding) with almost the exact frame of the real 1600 TOTH. The only difference between the two frames is that Shaun is blinking in one, and not the other. This leaves no room for doubt that the 'Globe' image was based on a real screenshot captured at that exact same moment, since it's plainly not credible that Shaun would have adopted the exact same pose - with the same people in the same positions in the background - in two TOTH sequences.
That alone should surely be enough proof that the 'Globe' image is not authentic. But if more proof is needed, I've highlighted further issues with the 'Globe' image in this inconveniently fast-moving gif (click through for larger version):
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A quick summary if you're struggling to keep up with all the info in the gif... Four additional problems with the 'Globe' image:
A. The bezels on the display in the 'Globe' image appear much thinner than those on the real display in studio E.
B. Images reflected in the real desk are noticeably distorted towards the edge of the desk. The reflection of the 'Globe' branding in that image shows no signs of distortion, with a perfectly 'clean' reflection.
C. Physical elements built into the desk - secondary mics, I assume? - mysteriously disappear when the 'Globe' branding is reflected in the desk. Lol.
D. The partial crop of the 'Globe' image was explained away by the need to quickly grab a screenshot before the logo supposedly vanished from screen. Conveniently, it also removed the timestamp - the easiest tool to help verify the image's authenticity, or lack thereof.
So, yeah, it's a fake. And not a very good one.
How terribly awkward for the person who created it.
Using a screenshot from @leewilliams' very helpful video capture, I quickly matched the cropped image (purporting to show 'the Globe' branding) with almost the exact frame of the real 1600 TOTH. The only difference between the two frames is that Shaun is blinking in one, and not the other. This leaves no room for doubt that the 'Globe' image was based on a real screenshot captured at that exact same moment, since it's plainly not credible that Shaun would have adopted the exact same pose - with the same people in the same positions in the background - in two TOTH sequences.
That alone should surely be enough proof that the 'Globe' image is not authentic. But if more proof is needed, I've highlighted further issues with the 'Globe' image in this inconveniently fast-moving gif (click through for larger version):
ibb.co
A quick summary if you're struggling to keep up with all the info in the gif... Four additional problems with the 'Globe' image:
A. The bezels on the display in the 'Globe' image appear much thinner than those on the real display in studio E.
B. Images reflected in the real desk are noticeably distorted towards the edge of the desk. The reflection of the 'Globe' branding in that image shows no signs of distortion, with a perfectly 'clean' reflection.
C. Physical elements built into the desk - secondary mics, I assume? - mysteriously disappear when the 'Globe' branding is reflected in the desk. Lol.
D. The partial crop of the 'Globe' image was explained away by the need to quickly grab a screenshot before the logo supposedly vanished from screen. Conveniently, it also removed the timestamp - the easiest tool to help verify the image's authenticity, or lack thereof.
So, yeah, it's a fake. And not a very good one.
How terribly awkward for the person who created it.