Pittsburgh Penguins Caught Photoshopping Masks Onto Pictures Of Barefaced Fans

A photo posted on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Twitter account received backlash Thursday after some people revealed that masks had been photoshopped onto the faces of barefaced fans in the crowd, despite the team having a zero-tolerance policy regarding mask wearing, the New York Post (NYP) reported.

“We just had to say this again,” the Penguins account tweeted. “Thanks for the continued support, Penguins fans.”

We just had to say this again… Thanks for the continued support, Penguins fans. We can’t wait to see you tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/f3KGjhHWR0

However, upon further investigation, some fans quickly discovered that the photo in the tweet had been photoshopped to portray all fans as correctly wearing their masks, NYP reported.

The original photo featured a woman not wearing a mask, and two other fans incorrectly wearing their masks.

“Three people in that picture have their masks photoshopped on,” Taylor Haase, a reporter for DK Pittsburgh Sports pointed out in a tweet.

… three people in that picture have their masks photoshopped on https://t.co/WL961w1bwQ pic.twitter.com/pzMGeGHLG7

“Photoshopping proper mask wearing onto people is just ludicrous pandemic theater,” Hemal Jhaveri, an editor for USA Today tweeted.

As first reported by @TaylorHaasePGH, the @penguins photoshopping proper mask wearing onto people is just ludicrous ... (Read more)

Tweets mentioned:

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1367274732580712450

https://twitter.com/TaylorHaasePGH/status/1367275372212027394

https://twitter.com/hemjhaveri/status/1367281957088944132

https://twitter.com/icehockeystick/status/1367285380110778370

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