Doctored photo falsely purports to show President Biden surrounded by scores of executive orders
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- Published on February 16, 2021 at 09:00
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- By Richard KANG, AFP South Korea
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The image was published here on FM Korea, one of the largest online forums in South Korea.
“The latest news from the USA. Biden is working really hard,” the Korean-language caption reads.
“Why doesn't the US introduce the electronic system for that?” one forum user commented.
Another forum user wrote: “What about an assistant…”
The image was also shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook here, here, here; on South Korean online forum DC Inside here.
The image, however, has been doctored.
A reverse image search on Google found the original photo was published by The New York Times here on January 20, 2021, the same day as Biden’s inauguration.
The photo shows a smaller pile of executive orders on his desk.
The original photo is captioned: “President Biden signed executive orders during his first few minutes in the Oval Office on Wednesday.”
According to the Federal Register’s Executive Order Disposition Tables here, Biden signed a total of nine executive orders on January 20, 2021.
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