Lies as in deception and not human error? If I’m reading that right, it sounds like there may be some trust issues on your part but I’ll let you elaborate.
Snopes got snoped. Snopes is actually terrible.
Did they? By who? Can you… ahem… provide a link? Because that at face value sounds like you’re poisoning the well. You keep casting wide generalizations without backing them up. Sure, I could look it up, but I want your sources specifically for various reasons.
And I’m just gonna say that of course every source has a degree of accuracy to them because the world isn’t black and white, which is the reason why reliability is a spectrum.
Nobody is a good source.
I’m sorry but it’s screaming trust issues again but harder.
Material needs to stand on it’s own.
Can you elaborate? Because I’m also getting weird vibes from this one.
only well established sources have high quality photo manipulation
This is simply not true, not in the world of AI and not in the world of Photoshop. If you can’t convincingly manipulate a photo using free tools and/or pirated software, then it’s a skill issue. See here for more details.