Misleading Claims Linking Obama`s Usual Physical Characteristics To The Death Of Their Family Chef
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We did a reverse image search for the above images and discovered that the photos were published on the Daily Mail website on 28th July, few days after the dead body of the late chef was recovered from a lake, with the headline, “Barack Obama pictured playing golf while wife Michelle hits the tennis courts on Martha’s Vineyard for the first time since the death of their chef Tafari Campbell.” The Daily Mail article can be read here. Archived
However, this is not the first time that Obama’s first-time playing golf with bandaged fingers. Even in the past, Obama has played Golf several times with wrapped fingers, and one such occasion can be found in this Daily Mail article published a few years here. Archived Some more occasions of Obama playing golf with bandages on his fingers can be read here, here, and here.
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using tapes/bandages to protect one’s fingers is a habit among many golf players. This practice has technical and physiological reasons, which can be read here. Archived
So, it`s clear that taping the fingers is not a strange thing in golf.
The conversation about Obama`s black eye is also not a new one. It`s more than a decade-old discussion. Obama`s eyes look different in front of the camera at certain times. An article in 2012 about that can be read here. Archived.
According to the above data, it`s clear that the black eye and bandaged fingers in golf matches are usual characteristics of Obama and not something new or strange.
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