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Culture & entertainment fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about culture & entertainment. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,169 published reviews in this topic

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Anfang September gab Herbert Grönemeyer ein Konzert in Wien. Auf einem Sharepic ist ein Foto der Bühne zu sehen: über dem Musiker der Schriftzug «Totaler Krieg gegen Rechts», rechts und links die «Antifa Fahne». Die Überschrift über dem Foto: «Der Parteitags-Saal von Grönemeyer in Wien»

Publisher’s rating: Das Foto ist eine Manipulation. Die Bühne sah bei dem Konzert in Wien anders aus. Die Flaggen und der Schriftzug wurden nachträglich ergänzt.

YouturnCulture & entertainment

2020 பொங்கல் பண்டிகையின் போது நடைபெறும் உலக புகழ்பெற்ற அலங்காநல்லூர் ஜல்லிக்கட்டை காண்பதற்காக பிரதமர் மோடியும், ரஷ்ய நாட்டின் அதிபர் புதினும் மதுரைக்கு வருகை இருப்பதாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Borivali Fireworks display

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video circulated as a 1-minute, 45-second fireworks display in Borivali, West Mumbai. The accompanying post called it a “first of its kind” spherical pyrotechnics show. FACTLY’s review concluded that the footage did not depict a real fireworks event, but a digitally simulated display.

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Video of Jai Ho song choreographed by the Chinese.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a circulating video said to show Chinese performers dancing to “Jai Ho,” the song from Slumdog Millionaire. FACTLY reports that the footage was instead associated with the Spring Festival Gala 2019. Its review says the performers were doing martial arts to different music, not dancing to “Jai Ho”; the circulating version had been edited to make it appear otherwise. To investigate, FACTLY says it ran screenshots from the posted video through Google Reverse Image Search and found videos with similar visuals. It then examined a CGTN YouTube upload, which identified the footage as related to the Spring Festival Gala 2019. The review also reports that the upload’s description attributed the performance to Henan Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School and named it “The Soul of Shaolin.” The distinction is between the genuine performance and the altered clip: the matching visuals trace to a martial-arts performance, while the review says the original uses other music. Thus, the footage does not establish that the performers danced to “Jai Ho”; the song was added in an edit.

Boatos.orgCulture & entertainment

Marilia Mendonça se comove e irá pagar tratamento de menina com câncer humilhada por MC Gui A cantora Marilia Mendonça postou em suas redes sociais uma mensagem pedindo ajuda para que seus fãs descubram quem é a menina com câncer que foi humilhada pelo cantor de funk MC Gui, na Disney, durante um passeio de trem pelo parque "Gente, eu quero pedir a ajuda de vocês para que a gente possa descobrir quem é a garotinha com câncer que foi humilhada pelo MC lá na Disney. Eu fiquei muito comovida com o vídeo e decidi que quero ajudá-la de alguma maneira, pois consegui enxergar o sofrimento em seu olhar. Ela é um anjo lindo e não merecia passar por tamanha humilhação." O MC Gui é um dos MCS mais famosos da atualidade com mais de 7 milhões de seguidores ativos em sua conta no instagram, é uma das personalidades na rede social mais influentes atualmente, e conta com muitos fãs, mas parece que hoje não foi um dia de muita felicidade para seus fãs com o triste acontecimento e que ficaram muito decepcionados com a sua atitude. Ele estava passeando na Disney, junto com sua namorada e alguns amigos e enquanto fazia o passeio resolveu fazer stories para o Instagram, e fez alguns stories zombando das pessoas em sua volta, e uma delas foi a July. Devido a enorme repercussão,a família da criança não quis comentar o assunto em entrevistas e apenas lamentou, já que July se recupera de um severo tratamento de quimioterapia. Por esse motivo, a criança de 7 anos usa peruca e não tem as sobrancelhas. Segundo a família, após o episódio ela chorou bastante e não quis mais ficar no parque, a todo momento pedindo pra ir pra casa pois estava com vergonha.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Burj Khalifa lighted up with Syed Ahmed Khan’s photo

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned an image said to show the UAE government lighting up the Burj Khalifa with Syed Ahmed Khan’s picture as a tribute. The review identifies Khan as the founder of Aligarh Muslim University and notes that his birth anniversary is celebrated on October 17. It concludes that the circulated image was altered, rather than a genuine display on the tower. The review describes two checks. A reverse image search found a similar image without Khan’s picture on the Burj Khalifa, providing a comparison for the circulated version. The reviewer also checked the Burj Khalifa’s official Twitter account: although the account usually posts when the tower is lit for a person or event, the review says it found no tweet about a display featuring Khan. On that basis, the review concludes the image was photoshopped.