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“The New York Times doctored a photo to artificially put mold all over the building at Donald Trump's Doral property.”
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The New York Times did not doctor the photograph of Trump National Doral; the image was an authentic photo taken by an independent photographer in 2020.
Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that The New York Times doctored a photograph to artificially place mold on the facade of his Doral property. According to reporting by Newsweek, HuffPost, and Raw Story, spokespersons for The New York Times explicitly denied altering the image, confirming it is an authentic photograph taken by photographer Scott McIntyre in 2020. Furthermore, HuffPost reported that social media videos from the resort itself corroborated the appearance, and Raw Story noted Trump's comparison image was simply an entirely different marketing photograph with different lighting and landscaping.
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