{"id":5458,"date":"2026-11-10T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2026-11-10T17:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:58:47","slug":"false-image-published-by-the-point-newspaper-portraying-npp-crowd-during-nominations-ai-generated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/?p=5458","title":{"rendered":"False: Image published by The Point Newspaper portraying NPP crowd during nominations AI-generated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Image of crowd. Photo Source: Point Newspaper Gambia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claim:<\/strong> A local newspaper shared an image<\/a> depicting a large crowd of the National People\u2019s Party (NPP) militants at the nomination of Adama Barrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict:<\/strong> False! Our findings show that the images used are doctored and AI-generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Point Newspaper Gambia, a local newspaper, posted<\/a> a purported image of a large crowd of National People\u2019s Party supporters at the nomination of Adama Jallow at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Point Newspaper published the images on its Facebook page on November 10, 2026, depicting a large crowd of supporters gathering at the nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post\u2019s caption read, \u201cJubilant NPP Supporters Turn Out for President Barrow\u2019s Nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Nov. 10, 2026, the post had generated 55 likes, 23 comments, and 4 shares. The images further attracted mixed reactions among other Facebook users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marie Njie<\/a>, who believed the claim, wrote, \u201cOnly victory insahalla wee barrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another user, Wandifa Drammeh<\/a>, said, \u201cWee-wee Barrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Dawda Jallow-dj<\/a> described the images as non-differentiating between AI and reality. He wrote: \u201cPOINT NEWSPAPER Gambia, you can\u2019t even differentiate between AI and reality. A whole press house. Chei yallah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conflicting comments and the virality of the images prompted Info-Checked to verify the authenticity of the posted image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research online during the nomination period found<\/a> images of the NPP crowd published by an online media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A screengrab image of the NPP crowd. Photo Source: Fatu Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ran the photo through AIorNOT and RockIMG to check for manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both AI content detection tools showed signs of manipulation. AIorNOT showed a 22 per cent and 31 per cent deepfake probability that the image was AI-generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RockIMG, however, puts AI-probability at 45 per cent and manipulation risk at 74 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Facebook platforms shared similar images here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Analysis of the image. Source: RockIMG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our findings show that the image of the NPP crowd at their nomination was AI manipulated . The image did not depict the actual crowd as portrayed. The claim is therefore false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Momodou Janneh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of crowd. Photo Source: Point Newspaper Gambia Claim: A local newspaper shared an image depicting a large crowd of the National People\u2019s Party (NPP) militants at the nomination of Adama Barrow. Verdict: False! Our findings show that the images used are doctored and AI-generated. Full Text Point Newspaper Gambia, a local newspaper, posted a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Capture3.png?fit=938%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5464,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions\/5464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}