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8 Viral Sochi Olympics Photos That Are Total Lies
Thousands of images are pouring out of Sochi in the lead-up to the Olympics. And things don't look great. There are unfinished buildings, a lack of winter weather, and an abundance of trash. But don't believe every image you see. Like so much of what gets passed on social media these days, a lot of them aren't exactly what they claim.
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I love photoshop. That being said, Russia really should have had all the random holes in the ground, wiring in apartments, etc handled a while ago. It's like they procrastinated for 6 years and then thought they could do it all last minute.
We don't even know those manhole photos are recent.
This doesn't surprise me... the media created a bullshit frenzy when it started reporting that the Sochi Olympic accommodations are not ready, and that there is wide spread disorganization. Photochops and bullshit images were the next natural step in the continuation to tarnish the Sochi Olympics. Does Russia deserve it? Maybe, do the Olympians who spent 4 years preparing for this deserve it? Hell no.
I still can't imagine how someone out there would think that people would believe that the half toilet in the wall would be real.