The claim

The photo of the waving rainbow flag was allegedly manipulated because the German and European flags next to it only hang limply.

Our conclusion

This is due to the weather: the other two flags are still soaked with rainwater, while the rainbow flag was hoisted when it was dry.

On Saturday, July 23rd, it was Christopher Street Day again in Berlin, and for this reason the rainbow flag flew in front of the Chancellery as a symbol of tolerance and social diversity.
But relevant users on social media became suspicious: Why is only this flag flying in the photo used by ZDF for an article, but not the German and European flags next to it? Was the photo edited? No, the explanation is simple physics!

The photo under discussion

Several posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that the photo has been edited:

Has the rainbow flag photo been edited?
Has the rainbow flag photo been edited?

In the photo only the rainbow flag is waving, the European and German flags to the left of it appear to be waving very weakly.

The fact check

In fact, the photo is used by ZDF in an article about the CSD (see HERE ). But the broadcaster is not the author of the photo; he is directly below the picture: Christoph Soeder from the German Press Agency (dpa).

So the dpa manipulated the photo? That's not true either, unless the dpa is also manipulating the weather, because there is even a video of the flags:

“Yes, there are video recordings in which the flag movement can be seen – of course a photographer at such an event waits so that the rainbow flag in particular can be clearly seen.”

Source: Twitter

But not only the dpa photographed the flag, but also Christian Spicker from IMAGO (see HERE ), and the flags there also fly like in the dpa photo.

Hmmmm…. “, the critical thinker now thinks, “ perhaps the flags themselves were manipulated? here
we are getting closer to solving the puzzle, even if it can't be said to be intentional manipulation (unless you know: weather manipulation).

It was only the tile man's fault!

As we all know, Jörg Kachelmann and his army of chemtrail pilots make the weather. And we wouldn't even raise an eyebrow if anyone believed that!

The dpa wanted to know more precisely why the flags were hanging limply and therefore asked when exactly the rainbow flag was hoisted. According to a government spokeswoman, this happened around 10:15 a.m. , but the German and European flags are permanently hoisted

According to Kachelmannwetter , the German Weather Service and timeanddate, it rained in Berlin on the morning of July 23rd, specifically at 8:20 a.m. and 8:50 a.m.

The most likely explanation is that the German and European flags were still soaked with water, while the rainbow flag was flown when it was dry - and therefore flew better.

Conclusion

So there is no image manipulation, nor is there really flag manipulation - unless you want to believe that the chemtrail pilots really intentionally made it rain in Berlin so that the rainbow flag would later be the only flag that clearly flies. 😉

Also interesting:

Actually, we wouldn't care about the claim if it wasn't shared by a major Twitter account: A video shows a NASA "cloud machine."
Allegedly. Or is something else being shown? – Climate change? It's all bogus, because NASA has a cloud machine! Or maybe not?


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