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YouturnCulture & entertainment

ராஜராஜ சோழன் தன் மனைவிக்காக கட்டிய கிணறு வடிவிலான பிரம்மாண்டமான அரண்மனை. எத்தனை பேருக்கு தெரியும்? தமிழன் திறமைக்கு இதுவே சான்று. தாஜ்மஹால் கட்டப்படுவதற்கு பல ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் ராஜராஜ சோழன் தன் மனைவிக்காக கட்டிய கிணறு வடிவிலான பிரம்மாண்டமான அரண்மனை. குஜராத்திலுள்ள சித்பூர் என்ற ஊருக்கு அருகிலுள்ள பதான் கிராமத்தில் உள்ளது. இதனுள் 9 கிமீ நீள சுரங்கப்பாதை. நினைக்க நினைக்க ஆச்சர்யம் மட்டுமே மிஞ்சுகிறது. எந்த இஞ்ஐினிரிங் காலேஜ்ல படிச்சி கட்டினாங்க. தமிழனின் சிறப்பை உலகறியச்செய்வோம்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Wenn eine Moderatorin Vorwürfe gegen den eigenen Sender erhebt, kann das für einigen Wirbel sorgen. Eine Fälschung allerdings ist der vermeintliche Brief von «Tagesschau»-Sprecherin Judith Rakers, der im Sommer 2020 in sozialen Medien herumgereicht wird. Darin berichtet die Nachrichtensprecherin angeblich, sie habe beim NDR gekündigt. Zudem wird ihr in den Mund gelegt, die Nachrichten der «Tagesschau» seien vorproduziert und manipuliert. «Live-Sendungen sind in Deutschland seit März überhaupt verboten», heißt es in dem Schreiben. Unterschrieben ist der angebliche Brief mit «Judith» und einem Selfie der Moderatorin

Publisher’s rating: Der Brief ist eine Fälschung. Rakers bezeichnet das Schreiben als «totalen Blödsinn». Sie ist nach wie vor in der «Tagesschau» zu sehen, die Nachrichten werden nicht Monate im Voraus produziert. Zudem gibt es in Deutschland grundsätzlich weiterhin Live-Sendungen.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Der US-amerikanische Regisseur und Schauspieler Clint Eastwood gilt als Anhänger der Republikaner in den USA. Auf Facebook wird ihm ein Text zugeschrieben, in dem er deutlich Position für US-Präsident Donald Trump beziehen soll

Publisher’s rating: Es lässt sich kein Beleg dafür finden, dass Clint Eastwood der Urheber des Textes ist. Tatsächlich hat sich Eastwood zuletzt von Trump distanziert.

The claim concerns a pro-Trump text circulated on Facebook as though Clint Eastwood had written it. The investigation says the text began, “Ich liebe es, wenn Leute Trump Dumm [sic] nennen,” and reports that its full English version appeared on pro-Trump websites and in a forum. The forum version was posted on September 6, 2019, but the review found no connection there to Eastwood as author. It also notes that the German version translated the longer text and added the unsupported attribution to Eastwood. The review traces a prominent Facebook post by New Hampshire state representative Fred Doucette. On September 22, 2019, he shared the text “I love when people call Trump Stupid” alongside a graphic featuring Eastwood’s photograph and a separate purported quotation from him criticizing Congress. The review says the combination could create the impression that Eastwood authored the entire pro-Trump text, but reports no evidence for that attribution. Doucette later reused parts of the text under his own name in a letter to a local newspaper, with some wording changed and passages removed. The review also places the alleged endorsement against Eastwood’s political record: he had supported Trump before the 2016 presidential election, but in February 2020 declared support for Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. It reports that PolitiFact and Snopes likewise found no evidence Eastwood had made the statement. These points distinguish his documented political support at different times from authorship of the viral text; the review’s account does not establish who originally wrote it.

YouturnCulture & entertainment

சூடான் மாடல் நயாகிம் கேட்வெக், அரிதான கருப்பு அழகு. பூமியில் இதுவரை கண்டிராத இருண்ட தோலுக்கான கின்னஸ் புத்தகத்தில் அவர் நுழைகிறார். இது கருப்பு கல் அல்லது கிரானைட் குறித்த கலைப்படைப்பு அல்ல. உடல் எல்லாம் சதை மற்றும் இரத்தத்தால் ஆணவள், உண்மையானவள் & அவள் அழகானவள்...

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Pagella PoliticaCulture & entertainment

«La Rai paga 25 mila euro per i diritti di una fiction su Carola Rackete e la Sea Watch»

Publisher’s rating: Nì

The claim came from Lega deputy Alessandro Morelli, who said on 8 July that Rai was paying €25,000 for rights to a “fiction” about Carola Rackete and Sea Watch. The review says the claim was inaccurate in two respects: Rai had not finalized the purchase, and the work was a documentary, not a fiction. Rai sources told the reviewers that a possible purchase for around €25,000 was still only under consideration; the idea was to show it as part of a television discussion featuring different political positions. (S1: “La Rai non ha ancora ufficializzato una decisione” and “il possibile acquisto dei diritti per la trasmissione del documentario – non una fiction, come vedremo meglio più avanti – sulla Sea Watch 3 e su Carola Rackete, per un prezzo intorno ai 25 mila euro, è al momento solo un’ipotesi.”) The reviewers identified the work as *Sea Watch 3*, made by German journalists Jonas Schreijäg and Nadia Kailouli. They say a Facebook post by Salvini’s party reproduced the film’s poster, corroborating that this was the production Morelli meant. The review distinguishes a documentary’s portrayal of real events from fiction: it reports that the film follows the real people and events surrounding 53 migrants rescued by the Sea Watch vessel in June 2019, and says it contains no actors or set-shot scenes. (S1: “Che sia questo il documentario di cui parla Morelli è confermato dal post su Facebook del partito di Salvini, in cui è ripresa la locandina dell’opera di Schreijäg e Kailouli.”; “Il girato riprende eventi reali e persone reali, in particolare le vicende – di cui ci eravamo occupati anche noi in passato – di 53 migranti salvati dalla nave Ong capitanata dalla 31enne tedesca Carola Rackete, nel giugno 2019”; “Nel documentario Sea Watch 3 non ci sono insomma attori o riprese girate in un set.”) Thus, the price was a reported estimate for a possible acquisition, not a confirmed Rai decision, and calling the work a fiction mischaracterized its format. The review also notes that disputing a documentary’s editorial slant would be a separate criticism; it does not establish that the film’s point of view was neutral. (S1: “Dunque è scorretto dare per certa, come fa Morelli, quella che al momento è solo un’ipotesi.”; “Altra cosa è criticare il ‘taglio’ che può avere un documentario, a favore o contro determinate azioni e linee politiche, cosa assolutamente possibile.”)

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Une publication Facebook suisse prétend donner une vérité à une façon de s’habiller « née dans les prisons américaines ». Les prisonniers désireux de « se faire enc… par leurs camarades » auraient adopté la tendance du pantalon qui montre « partiellement leurs fesses ».

Publisher’s rating: Il s’agit d’une légende urbaine. La tendance est bien née en prison, mais uniquement parce que les prisonniers ne pouvaient pas porter de ceinture pour des raisons de sécurité.

The DPA review examines a Swiss Facebook post alleging that sagging—wearing trousers low enough to expose part of the buttocks—originated in American prisons as a sexual signal. The review distinguishes that allegation from the explanation it reports: the style may have begun in prison, but because prisoners were not permitted to wear belts for safety reasons. It describes the sexual explanation as a rumor, not the reason for the style’s prison origins. [S1: “Une publication Facebook suisse prétend donner une vérité à une façon de s’habiller « née dans les prisons américaines ».”; “La tendance est bien née en prison, mais uniquement parce que les prisonniers ne pouvaient pas porter de ceinture pour des raisons de sécurité.”] The review says that fashion magazine MenswearStyle addressed the sexual rumor in 2017 and rejected it. It also cites Elizabeth Fischer, a professor and head of the Fashion and Accessories Design department at HEAD–Genève, who said that belts were removed and prohibited in prison because they could be used for hanging or to injure someone. [S1: “En 2017, le magazine de mode international MenswearStyle évoque cette rumeur à caractère sexuel dans un article. « Ces théories sont fausses », lit-on.”; “Elizabeth Fischer, professeure et responsable du département Design Mode et Accessoires à la HEAD – Genève, confirme : « À ma connaissance, c’est en effet parce que les ceintures sont retirées et interdites aux prisonniers, parce qu’elles pourraient servir à se pendre ou à blesser une autre personne. »”] As further support, the review cites a 2007 CNN account: it says prisoners’ loose uniform trousers came without belts to prevent hangings and assaults, and traces the style’s later appearance in gangster rap videos in the late 1980s and its spread to skaters and school settings. The review also reports that Snopes rejected the idea that sagging signaled sexual availability and said the rumor was used to discredit a style associated, among others, with rappers. [S1: “En 2007, CNN balayait déjà la rumeur en expliquant qu’il s’agit bien d’une histoire de ceinture manquante” ; “À la fin des années 80, la tendance est apparue dans des vidéos de rap de gangsters, puis s’est étendue aux skateurs dans les banlieues et dans les couloirs des lycées.”; “Le site de vérification américain, Snopes, est également parvenu à la conclusion que le sagging ne servait pas à faire connaître sa « disponibilité sexuelle », mais que la rumeur servait à discréditer cette mode vestimentaire, associée aux rappeurs, notamment.”]

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

American Cartoonist Ben Garrison’s cartoons depicting the current state of Indian media

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review investigates two cartoons circulating with the claim that American cartoonist Ben Garrison drew them to depict the state of Indian media. One shows a pig caricatured as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, piglets bearing Indian news-channel logos, and a dog labelled “Bhagwat.” The other shows dogs with pen-nib heads looking toward a bone. The review reports using reverse-image searches to trace both images rather than relying on their apparent signatures or captions. For the pig cartoon, the search led to an earlier version showing Hillary Clinton as the mother pig, piglets labelled with terms including “Lies,” “Criminality,” “Theft” and “Graft,” and a dog named “Bill.” The review says Garrison drew that original in March 2016 during the US presidential elections, and concludes that the version circulating about Indian media had been altered. It also reports that Indian cartoonist Satish Acharya said the Modi caricature was taken from a cartoon he drew in 2010. For the second image, the review says its search found it online at least as early as 2009, in an article on an Afghan scholars-and-writers website; that article did not identify the cartoonist. The review additionally checked Garrison’s website and reports that no such Indian-media cartoon appeared there. It cites Garrison’s 2017 statement that he had never drawn cartoons on Indian politics and that cartoons circulating with his signature were not his. Taken together, the traced earlier versions and Garrison’s clarification support the review’s conclusion that neither cartoon was his depiction of Indian media.