Did a Flagstaff highway sign tell drivers to ‘Arrive alive and vote down Project 2025'?
By Carmela Guaglianone
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A highway sign in Flagstaff, Arizona, did not display a message that read ‘Arrive alive and
vote down Project 2025’. The viral image showing the message was a digital manipulation of
an existing stock photo. The stock photo was not taken in Flagstaff.
The image can be traced back at least 10 years to the stock image site Shutterstock, and
appears later on several other stock photo websites. Older versions of the photo exist on
Shutterstock and other websites with and without digitally altered text.
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Shutterstock Led Traffic Road Signs Foto de stock 196808978
Photofunia Effect. LED Road Sign - PhotoFunia
Google Lens Exact Match Image Search
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