A photo with a message shown to Polregio passengers is taking over the media again. Internet users are surprised to read that the carrier's trains “have carried approximately 1.5 billion passengers.” Except Polregio's real message was different.
“How did it go? Advertising is a tool of business… Polregio – congratulations on the result – the championship,” wrote one of the Internet users on the X platform on October 17, and in this post attached a photo of a message that appeared on the monitors of the carriages of the aviation train. Polregio” are displayed. On the red font, you can see the cargo logo, a picture of a train, and the following text under it: “For 20 years, our trains have passed approximately 1.5 billion passengers.” (original spelling). This post has nearly 90,000 views. saw and created many comments.
The entry with the fake message quickly gained almost 90,000 likes. see x.com
Internet users did not hide their happiness: “And that's why there is almost no unemployment in Poland. And it's all thanks to polregio”; “However, it is healthier to be a pedestrian…”; – It is scary to be near roads. Some people doubted the truth of this news. “Isn't that fake?” asked one of the X users under the above post, but the author of this news denied it. mistake
Polregio reacts
Polregio is a Polish transport company whose main shareholder is Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu, a company owned by the State Treasury. Other shareholders are provincial governments.
The Polregio network has already explained the message shown on social networks. “The graphic is not real (fake). It has been modified as indicated by the colon at the end of the sentence. The original graphic is from several years ago and shows the number of kilometers driven,” reads the explanation, which the company released on October 20 posted a comment under a popular post about X. He posted the same response under other posts that included a photo of his alleged post.
As the carrier points out, there are two periods (spaces) at the end of the sentence, which provokes laughter among Internet users instead of a period. And the word “passenger” is written in a different font than the others. This also shows that we are dealing with a modified image.
Return of the photomontage
In addition, this remake is not new – it was popular on the Internet three years ago. Messages with him appeared at the end of 2021. For example, on December 22, 2021, one of the Internet users posted a photo on X's website showing this modified message. The photo looks like it was taken in a carriage. In addition to the monitor displaying the message, there is also a piece of chair with the Polregio logo. “@POLREGIO_PL is a pioneer of depopulation :)” – wrote an Internet user and indicated the official account of the operator.
Posted in 2021 when the fake post first appeared on x.com
Already at that time, the company reacted to this change, writing in the comment below the post: “This is a photomontage. The safety of passengers is more important to us. The original message looks like this” – and showed the original graphic with the content: “In 20 years our trains have traveled about 1.5 billion kilometers” (original spelling).
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In 2021, the media also wrote about the change in the message flow. Polsat News contacted the company's spokesperson. Yoanna Ostapovic commented: “The mentioned material is a photomontage. The material we prepared contains correct information.”
Main photo credit: Piotr Polak/PAP
