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☆ Fact Check-Video shows Sicilian theatre, not child sacrifice den
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Information about performances part of the 2022/2023 theatrical season at Teatro Donnafugata is viewable on the website (here), (here). Teatro Donnafugata has also been documented by visitors on Google Maps (goo.gl/maps/RtFsf9f6xAkE3dph6) and Tripadvisor (bit.ly/3qnqkKD ); as well by the theatre itself on its social media channels (youtu.be/GsL6i7rgH1M?t=348), (here), (here). Teatro Donnafugata did not respond to a request for comment. This video shows Teatro Donnafugata, a small threatre underneath a palace in Sicily that is open to the public. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

Persons: Arturo Brachetti, ”, Vicky Di Quattro, “ Vicky, Bracchetti, Donnafugata, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Teatro, Google, Donnafugata Locations: Sicily, Italian, Ragusa Ibla

☆ The Future of Rap Is Female
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Niela Orr | Photographs Adrienne Raquel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

The Future of Rap Is Female As their male counterparts turn depressive and paranoid, it’s the women who are having all the fun. In the mid-’80s, the dynamics shifted slightly, when UTFO released “Roxanne, Roxanne,” a comical torch song dissing a woman who rejected the men’s advances. Like good sex, raunchy rap is only fun if all parties are completely enthusiastic, and this music provides necessary female perspectives to match what the men make. In Miami one weekend in late July, Rolling Loud, one of the biggest annual hip-hop festivals, made itself into a microcosm of the rap world. There’s a relentless gender pessimism in the air, too — on the street, on dating apps, in the Supreme Court and, of course, in rap music.

Persons: Sackler, Drake, Foley, Yung Miami, Wu, Da, Tupac Shakur, Nicki Minaj, Cardi, Megan Thee, there’s, ”, There’s Latto, Jung Kook, “, Diana ”, Boy’s, Red’s, Munch, Rodney Dangerfield, munch, ” MAIYA, “ We’re, Lil Baby, Flo Milli, —, ” Flo Milli, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire —, Debbie D, Lisa Lee, Mercedes Ladies, UTFO, Roxanne, Lolita Shanté Gooden, Gooden, ” FLO MILLI, Roxanne Shanté, Clover Hope, M.C, Brian Coleman, Lyte, Ruff Ryders, it’s, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Kash Doll, SKODI LOLA BROOKE, Lil ’ Kim, “ I’m, I’m, ” That’s, Lolita Gooden, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ”, James Harden, P.J, Tucker, KENTHEMAN “, I’ve, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Grace Jones, Benzino, blowin, ignorin ’, Berry hairdo, Grandmaster Flash, It’s, ” —, ” Leray, VETTE, CHANEL, ” Flo, Cartier, “ Lyte, Flo Organizations: YouTube, Girls, City Girls, Public, Down Productions, Wu -, Digital, City, Memphis, Brooklyn Locations: Miami, Wu - Tang, “, Bronx, Mobile , Ala, y’all

☆ Fact Check-Illinois bill only allows certain non-citizens to become police officers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Illinois House Bill 3751 only allows non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S. and are authorized to possess firearms under federal law to become police officers. Contrary to confusion on social media, the bill does not extend this right to all non-citizens or those who are not legally allowed to work in the country. The text in one Facebook post (here) reads: “Illinois Governor signs bill allowing illegals to become police officers. They CAN’T!”“Illinois Governor signs bill allowing illegal aliens to become police officers and arrest US citizens,” reads another post (here). Illinois House Bill 3751 allows non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S. under federal law to become police officers.

Persons: Bill, Olivia Kuncio, Illinois Governor J.B, Pritzker, That’s, “ DACA, ”, Lauren Aronson, “, Kuncio, ” Aronson, Read Organizations: Illinois Governor, Reuters, U.S . Citizenship, Immigration Services, federal, University of Illinois College of Law, Illinois Locations: Illinois, U.S, “ Illinois, United States, California

☆ Fact Check-Biden and Trump edited in side-by-side photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Side-by-side images of U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been altered, with Biden changed to make his skin appear smoother and Trump altered to make him appear wider. The unaltered photograph of Biden was captured by AFP photographer Saul Loeb on July 8 and shows the president near his house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (here). The unaltered version was published by various outlets including the Daily Mail (here). The unaltered image of Trump was published by outlets including The Guardian (here). Biden’s skin appears less smooth in the unaltered version of the photograph taken in July 2023, while Trump appears thinner at the hips in the unaltered image of him captured in July 2020.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Saul Loeb, Trump, Brett Favre, Read Organizations: Trump, Daily Mail, White, NFL, Guardian, Reuters Locations: Rehoboth Beach , Delaware, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ Fact Check-Video shows explosion due to gas cylinders, not EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of gas tanks on a truck exploding following a collision has been shared online to falsely claim that it is footage of a crash involving two electric vehicles (EVs). “Reportedly what happens when two electric vehicles collide,” said another post on Facebook (here). The video shows that the explosion was preceded by a collision between a truck loaded with gas cylinders and another vehicle. Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported in 2013 that 119 gas cylinders exploded because of a truck accident at that location (ria.ru/20130713/949527894.html). Video shows a collision involving a truck loaded with gas cylinders, not electric vehicles.

Persons: “, ”, Read Organizations: Electric Vehicles, Facebook, Google, RIA Novosti, Reuters Locations: Russia, Moscow

☆ Fact Check-Image of LeBron James dressed in pink is AI-generated
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A viral image showing basketball star LeBron James in a pink outfit was created with AI-based tool Midjourney. While some users were able to discern the image was created with artificial intelligence (AI), others did not. “LeBron James setting a bad example for our Lil boys and money ain't everything,” said one post (bit.ly/3Qi247r). Reuters traced the image of James to Midjourney's Discord, on a channel called “#Newbies-185” (ibb.co/cyDNLb7). Representatives for Midjourney and James did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: LeBron James, ”, “, Midjourney, James, lebron james, Gucci, James ’, Read Organizations: Facebook, Los Angeles Lakers, Lil, Reuters, Midjourney

☆ Read Your Way Through Hanoi
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Read Your Way Around the World is a series exploring the globe through books. Hanoi has always been a city of tales and legends. Cradled by the silky Red River, Hanoi is also a city of loss and survival: It was destroyed time and time again during the French Indochina War, then the Vietnam War, when thousands of tons of bombs were dropped onto the city. But once in Hanoi, you will feel the energy of a city that constantly renews itself. If you prefer to get to know Hanoi via fiction, “Dumb Luck,” by Vu Trong Phung — a sarcastic novel set in Hanoi during the colonial period — is considered a classic of Vietnamese literature.

Persons: ”, Emperor Ly Thai, Luke Nguyen, banh, Huong, Ho Xuan Huong, Nguyen Quang Thieu, Vu Trong Locations: Hanoi, Indochina, Vietnam

☆ Fact Check-Marjorie Taylor Greene post on ‘Civil War II’ is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did not call for a civil war in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, a spokesperson for Greene said in an email to Reuters. “We don’t need WWIII, what we need is Civil War II,” read a purported screenshot of an X post shared on X and Facebook (here), (here) and (here). An advanced search for the post on X did not produce any results (bit.ly/3QdYcUR). ABC News in February 2023 reported Greene as saying, “We don't want a civil war. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene did not write a post saying the U.S. needs a “Civil War II.” Media have reported Greene talking about splitting the country into Republican and Democratic states in a “national divorce.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, ”, Nick Dyer, Greene’s, We're, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Facebook, NBC, Republican, Democratic, ABC, ” Media Locations: U.S

☆ Fact Check-Article on Aldi horsemeat scandal is about a decade-old incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An article reporting as if new a decade-old supermarket scandal involving horse meat and German-owned discounter Aldi is confusing people online. “Aldi was guily (sic) ten years ago of selling horse meat in place of their advertised beef. A spokesperson for the supermarket group told Reuters that the social media posts and Newsbreak article were likely based on the 2013 incident. Search engine results produced no other news articles about a 2023 horse meat scandal involving Aldi (archive.md/m2m7X). Aldi has not confirmed that its products are subject to a new horse meat scandal.

Persons: Aldi, ”, Newsbreak, Read Organizations: Aldi, Facebook, Reuters Locations: U.S

☆ Fact Check-Irish Independent did not publish report on ‘asymptomatic global warming’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Irish Independent did not publish a headline claiming that Ireland is “suffering from asymptomatic global warming,” despite a fake screenshot circulating online. The Irish Independent logo can be seen at the top left corner, with a headline that reads: “Climate crisis explainer: Why is July so cold while everywhere else on the planet is burning? A spokesperson for the newspaper said to Reuters that no such article was published under this headline by the Irish Independent. A search for the headline via the Irish Independent website did not reveal the report (archive.is/wip/V4yR8), nor did an archived version of the outlet’s homepage saved on July 20 (here). Reuters did not find any such remark made by Prof O’Neill when conducting an online search (archive.is/wip/kzVRv).

Persons: Luke O’Neill, Prof O’Neill, Read Organizations: Independent, Trinity College Dublin, Reuters, Irish Independent Locations: Ireland

☆ Fact Check-Europe weather map comparison misleads about climate coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A misleading comparison of two European weather maps is being touted online as evidence of escalating climate change fearmongering since the COVID pandemic. One map shows Europe coloured in a light green monotone, and icons – like a sun or clouds – hover over major cities. Thank you,” one Facebook user wrote in their caption, suggesting the green map was published prior to the start of the pandemic in 2020 and the other since. For instance, see the latest WeatherOnline map (here ), and the latest Wxchart for Europe (bit.ly/3DorvfH ). Both weather maps, which are from different sources, were published before the pandemic – and the red map was published a year earlier than the green map.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, WeatherOnline Ltd Locations: Europe, Reykjavik, Iceland, Madrid, Spain

☆ Fact Check-Tsunami clips show Greenland, not Alaska after July earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of rising water flowing into a small bay is circulating with the false claim that it shows tsunami water in Alaska after the state was hit with an earthquake in mid-July. Another clip circulating online shows a similar horizon, with wooden cabins being swept away and is also falsely linked to the 2023 Alaska earthquake (here). The same scene was uploaded by the Kalaallit Nunaata Radio (KNR), the national broadcasting organization of Greenland, in June 2017 (bit.ly/40ILeBs). Reuters previously addressed another clip shared online showing the same June 2017 tsunami in Greenland that was falsely attributed to the February Turkey-Syria earthquake (here). The clips pre-date the July 2023 Alaska earthquake and were attributed to a tsunami caused by a 2017 landslide in western Greenland.

Persons: Read Organizations: YouTube, Reuters Locations: Alaska, Greenland, Nuugaatsiaq, Turkey, Syria

☆ Fact Check-Segment on protections of U.S. presidential airspace filmed in New Jersey, not Antarctica
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A news segment demonstrating the procedures in place to protect U.S. presidential air space is circulating with the false claim that it shows military protection against those who try to fly over Antarctica. On social media, conspiracy theories that the U.S. or other governments are hiding secrets in Antarctica have persisted. Reuters traced the video to an NBC News Today Show segment uploaded to YouTube in July 2017 on how the Air National Guard protects presidential airspace (bit.ly/3DCBTRr). The report demonstrated the procedures in place for when an unidentified aircraft enters temporarily restricted airspace during a presidential event or visit. The video shows a segment aired by NBC’s Today Show in 2017 and was filmed in New Jersey, not Antarctica.

Persons: Jeff Rossen, Bradford Everman, Read Organizations: National Guard, Antarctica, Reuters, NBC, YouTube, Air National Guard, U.S . Air Force, New Jersey Air National, 177th Fighter, NBC’s Locations: Antarctica, Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S

☆ Fact Check-Georgia mason-run missing kids program does not involve microchipping minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An initiative by freemasons called the Georgia Child Identification Program states it helps parents collect basic information about their children in an identification kit in case they were to go missing. There is no evidence the program, also known as GACHIP, involves inserting microchips in minors, contrary to social media posts. Similar masonic initiatives in Missouri and Ontario, in Canada, clarify their programs do not involve microchipping children (mochip.org/faq/), (www.masonichip.ca/newsList.php). (here)The Grand Lodge of Georgia and the GACHIP did not respond to a request for comment. A Georgia masons’ program called the Georgia Child Identification Program (GACHIP) helps parents put together an identification kit with basic information about their children.

Persons: Kit ”, Read Organizations: freemasons, Reuters, National Center for, of Locations: Georgia, Missouri, Ontario, Canada, of Georgia

☆ Fact Check-Ben & Jerry’s tweet celebrating U.S. becoming white minority in 2045 is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S.-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s did not tweet asking customers what ice cream flavor they would eat to celebrate the U.S. becoming a white minority country in 2045. The image appears to show a tweet published via the company’s Twitter account (@benandjerrys) that reads: “By 2045, the US will finally become a minority white country. Which flavor of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream will you be eating to celebrate? Reuters did not find a notice of a deleted tweet when analyzing replies to tweets published by Ben & Jerry’s account between Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, 2020 (bit.ly/3Ocv0w9). Reuters found no evidence that such a tweet was posted by Ben & Jerry’s.

Persons: Jerry’s, Ben, Read Organizations: Ben, Reuters, Twitter

☆ Fact Check-'Declassified CIA document’ on Stepan Bandera is a translation of Russian magazine article
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A translation of a Russian-language magazine article hosted on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) website, which says Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera is Adolf Hitler’s spy, has been mistaken online to be the findings of the CIA itself. Facebook (here and here) and Twitter (here) users are sharing screenshots and a link to the document, captioning it as a “declassified CIA document”, and writing: “Ukrainian hero Stepan Bandera was 'Hitler's professional spy, known as Consul II.' A copy of the original magazine article, from 1951, can be viewed on page 18, bit.ly/3JX25tt . In 2020, some Russian media released misleading articles regarding this document with a similar narrative. The document is a translation of a Russian-language magazine article, not evidence of a conclusion by the CIA.

Persons: U.S . Central Intelligence Agency’s, Stepan Bandera, Adolf Hitler’s, ”, Sotsialisticheskiy Vestnik, Petro Yarovyy, Read Organizations: U.S . Central Intelligence, CIA, Facebook, Twitter, of Ukrainian Nationalists, OUN, Nazi, Reuters Locations: Ukrainian, Bandera, Soviet, Ukraine

☆ Fact Check-Video of military tanks in Los Angeles dates to at least 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Footage of military vehicles driving by in Los Angeles, California, was shared on social media as early as 2020 and does not show military activity in California in July 2023, contrary to claims online. “JUST IN: Military seen driving through West Hollywood, California,” read posts sharing the video on Facebook (here). The exact location where the video was filmed in Los Angeles can be seen on Google Street View (bit.ly/46uedf3). The California National Guard did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Video of military movement in California can be traced back to 2020.

Persons: ”, George Floyd, Read Organizations: Facebook, California National Guard, Reuters Locations: Los Angeles , California, California, West Hollywood , California, TikTok, Los Angeles, Minneapolis

☆ Fact Check-No evidence French military said it will arrest Emmanuel Macron
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Neither France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces nor its Ministry of the Interior has made a statement suggesting that the nation’s military is ready to arrest President Emmanuel Macron for treason, a French military spokesperson said in response to a false headline circulating online. A headline saying the French military is prepared to arrest Macron is circulating in the form of a screenshot, with examples (here) and (here). The current People’s Voice report quotes an authentic tweet by former Brexit Party politician Jim Ferguson saying: “There are unconfirmed reports that certain senior and serving French Military commanders have delivered an ultimatum to #Macron. No credible news outlets online have reported that either General Lecointre or General de Villiers issued such a warning to Macron (bit.ly/3pDDAdT) and (bit.ly/43ht4qy). There is no evidence that French military officials issued a statement indicating that they are ready to arrest President Emmanuel Macron for treason.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, ” Macron, Nahel, Jim Ferguson, General François Lecointre, Pierre de Villiers, de Villiers, Lecointre, Read Organizations: France’s Ministry of, Armed Forces, Reuters, Ministry of, Brexit Party, French Military

Every month, Jimmy Ly usually orders nearly 150 bottles of sriracha from Huy Fong Foods for one of his Vietnamese restaurants in New York City. The sauce opens the richness of a pho broth or adds a blast of heat to a banh xeo, a Vietnamese crepe. Sriracha can “really hit the sweet spot in terms of spice, sweetness, acidity, just that tang.”But a few months ago, supply began to dry up. So he, like some other Huy Fong enthusiasts, bought two large bottles on eBay for $35 each, about five times the usual price, to use at home. For the second year in a row, Huy Fong, the maker of the most popular variety of sriracha, is facing production issues, the company said in a statement this month, because of “a shortage of raw material” with “no estimations of when supply will increase.”

Persons: Jimmy Ly, It’s, Mr, Ly, Sriracha, Madame Vo, Monsieur Vo, Huy Fong Organizations: Huy Fong Foods, of, eBay Locations: Huy, New York City, East, of Manhattan

☆ Fact Check-Claim Garth Brooks cancelled Las Vegas shows stems from satirical site
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The claim that American country music singer Garth Brooks cancelled his remaining shows in Las Vegas, Nevada is fabricated and stems from a satirical website. Users online shared an article published by satirical website The Dunning-Kruger Times, with a headline that reads: “Garth Brooks Cancels His Remaining Vegas Shows: ‘People Stopped Coming’” (archive.is/wip/T0aJq). No such cancellation notice is viewable via Brook’s website or social media channels (www.garthbrooks.com/), (twitter.com/garthbrooks). Reuters has previously addressed satirical stories published by the website that were taken seriously online, with examples pertaining to Brooks viewable (here) and (here). The claim stems from satirical website, The Dunning-Kruger Times.

Persons: Garth Brooks, Dunning, “ Garth Brooks, “ Guess, Brooks, Bud Light, influencer, Dylan Mulvaney, tomfoolery ”, dunning, kruger, Read Organizations: Kruger Times, Country, Defense, Reuters Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Las Vegas

☆ Fact Check-Video clip of group waving Algerian flags at Paris monument not connected to 2023 France riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video clip showing individuals waving Algerian flags while gathered around Monument à la République in Paris was filmed in March 2019 when they were protesting the late Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term as Algerian president. The clip is not connected to riots across France in June-July 2023, as has been claimed online. Examples of the clip of people with Algerian flags being linked to the 2023 riots can be viewed (here) and (here). Bouteflika died on Sept 17, 2021, more than two years after his resignation following widespread street protests against his plan to seek a fifth term in office (here). The video shows a group protesting the late Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term as Algerian president in March 2019.

Persons: Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s, Bouteflika’s, Bouteflika, Read Organizations: Reuters, Twitter, AFP Locations: Paris, France, North

☆ Fact Check-Video of people in Batman costumes jumping off van was filmed in Florida, not France
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of people dressed as comic book superhero Batman jumping out the back of a van was filmed at Florida State University but has been falsely linked online to unrest in France following the fatal police shooting of a teenager on June 27. “An entire truck filled with BATMANS just arrived at the riot in France” reads a tweet sharing the dated video (here). While Reuters could not verify the source of the video, clips filmed from different angles were shared on TikTok in April 2023 (here) and (00:11) (here) as depicting a bar crawl in Florida State University. The exact location inside the university from where the video was filmed can be seen on Google Street View (bit.ly/3rce3sL). The video was filmed in Florida.

Persons: van, France ”, Nahel, Read Organizations: Florida State University, Facebook, Reuters, TikTok Locations: France, Florida

☆ Fact Check-Clip shows gorilla sculpture, not animal let loose during France riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of a gorilla sculpture in a town in France is circulating online with the false claim that it shows an animal let loose from a zoo during riots which took place in France in late June and early July. The shakily filmed video captured in low light shows what appears to be a gorilla perched atop a building. According to the blog, the sculpture is in the Valensolles district, Valence, France. Reuters traced the sculpture to a building in Valence, where the corner of the building similarly matches street view(bit.ly/44tKQaR). The clip shows a sculpture of a gorilla in Valence, France, and not an animal let loose during riots in France.

Persons: Libéré, Read Organizations: French, Le, Reuters Locations: France, Valensolles, Valence

☆ Fact Check-Video shows crowd breaking into a shopping mall, not the stock exchange of Marseille
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of people breaking into Centre Commercial Bourse, a shopping mall in Marseille, has been misinterpreted by people online as the French stock exchange. “Rioters are trying to storm the Central Stock Exchange of Marseille, France” read posts on Twitter and Facebook (here), (here) and (here). The French word Bourse does translate to “stock exchange” in English. The Centre Commercial Bourse, however, is a shopping mall in Marseille (www.klepierre.com/en/our-malls). The Centre Commercial Bourse in Marseille, France, is a shopping mall.

Persons: France ”, Nahel, Read Organizations: Commercial Bourse, Central Stock Exchange of, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Bourse Locations: Marseille, Central Stock Exchange of Marseille, France, Provence, Nanterre

☆ Fact Check-The Guardian headline referring to France riots as ‘reparations’ is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The fabricated headline reads in full: “I fully support the looting in France by the disenfranchised black youth. In an email to Reuters, a spokesperson for The Guardian said the article in the image has “never been a published Guardian headline or story”. Reuters has previously debunked claims of other The Guardian headlines attributed to Dr. Mos-Shogbamimu (here), (here). Read more Reuters reporting about the riots in France in France here. The Guardian and Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu both say the headline is a fake.

Persons: Dr Shola Mos, Dr Mos, Shogbamimu, Dr, Mos, Read, Shola Mos Organizations: Guardian, Reuters, Twitter, The Guardian Locations: France

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