{"id":25943,"date":"2025-07-10T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/?p=25943"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:37:41","slug":"task-4-exemplary-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/task-4-exemplary-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 4: Exemplary submission"},"content":{"rendered":"

[student name withweld]<\/p>\n

The Hurricane Harvey freeway shark hoax<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Hurricane Harvey freeway shark was a myth which originated in 2017, after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. It came about after a Twitter user posted an image of what seemed to be a shark swimming next to their car on the freeway in Houston, Texas. The image was soon debunked — discovered to be a common hoax that is spread after a natural disaster occurs. Instead, the original image of the shark was found to have been taken in 2005 by a kayaker off the shore of South Africa, after a great white shark was spotted following them. It was then edited onto an image of a flooded street, and has since been used to spread false news.<\/p>\n

Description of the original hoax:<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/08\/27\/fact-check-photo-shark-flooded-highway-faked\/5646793002\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Shark<\/a><\/p>\n

Original hoax photo shared on Twitter<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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My photo edit<\/h3>\n

Original images I worked from:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Below is my rendition of the hoax, depicting a shark swimming in the waters of a flooded street:<\/p>\n

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