A photo of Jeremy Corbyn walking through a train carriage of empty seats is many things, but it is not faked. The image, taken from CCTV footage of the 11am train from London to Newcastle on 11 August, hit the headlines last week after Virgin refuted the Labour leader’s claims that he couldn’t find a seat on its service.
Due to the highly-politicised nature of this image (yes, really) many people were quick to question its legitimacy. “It’s in the papers…it must be true! Cos technology can’t enable anyone to airbrush or photo shop things like seat tickets yet,” wrote a commenter on the New Statesman’s own Facebook page, with another noting that Virgin took two weeks to release the images.
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