It is cold in Wisconsin ahead of the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers game. There was a picture going around that showed frozen seats at Lambeau Field. It all started when this dude tweeted out this picture:
Current conditions at Lambeau in the stands... pic.twitter.com/hQrIHAvOsh
— Jacob Tutt (@JakeInWisconsin) January 5, 2014
And stood by his claim that it was from today:
@darrenrovell sent to me from my cousin who works there, is a real picture from today though
— Jacob Tutt (@JakeInWisconsin) January 5, 2014
The only problem is it that the picture is two weeks old and from the Packers’ Instagram account:
Many NFL and social media personalities fell for it:
Oh. RT @JakeInWisconsin Current conditions at Lambeau in the stands... pic.twitter.com/GUA2qNIgoV
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) January 5, 2014
RT @adbrandt: Oh. RT @JakeInWisconsin Current conditions at Lambeau in the stands... pic.twitter.com/BwmRNzPQZT
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) January 5, 2014
Football Weather RT @JakeInWisconsin Current conditions at Lambeau in the stands... pic.twitter.com/JfSkiF1RV6
— Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) January 5, 2014
This is what it really looks like right now:
For the one shot of snow in the seats at Lambeau...come on, here's the real pic and what it looks like now. Not bad! pic.twitter.com/UvGPyOMX7h
— Bill Michaels (@Bill_Michaels) January 5, 2014