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നായിക ഇല്ലാത്ത സിനിമ സ്ത്രീത്വത്തെ അപമാനിക്കൽ, പരാതി ലഭിച്ചാൽ മമ്മൂട്ടി കമ്പനിക്കെതിരെ കേസെടുക്കുമെന്ന് വനിതാ കമ്മിഷൻ അംഗം ഷാഹിദ കമാൽ
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Brothel candles were used extensively in European brothels between 1880 and 1905 CE. They were also popular in the Western United States during the Gold Rush years. A brothel candle burned for approximately seven minutes. When the candle went out, you were done (even if you weren’t, technically, done). Some ladies would trim the candles down, so they’d burn for even less time.
Publisher’s rating: False
Winnie the Pooh kahramanlarının psikolojik rahatsızlıkları temsil etmek için yaratıldığı iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
এই ভিডিঅ'টোত এজন অনুৰাগীয়ে ডাংকি ছবিখনক মালায়ালম ছবিৰ ৰিমেক বুলি কোৱা বাবে শ্বাহৰুখ খানে অনুৰাগীজনক ঠেলি দিয়া দেখা গৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: বিভ্ৰান্তিকৰ
உலகநாயகன் என்று எல்லோரும் கொண்டாடினாலும் அவர் பரமக்குடிகாரர் என்று சொல்லப்பட்டாலும் அவர் கர்நாடகாவைச் சேர்ந்தவர் தான். கர்நாடகாவில் உள்ள ஹாசன் என்ற மாவட்டத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் தான் கமல்ஹாசன். ஹாசன் என்பது கர்நாடகாவில் உள்ள ஒரு ஊர். அந்த ஊர் பெயரைத் தான் கமல் ஹாசன், ஸ்ருதி ஹாசன், சாரு ஹாசன், அனு ஹாசன் அப்டினு எல்லாரும் ஊர் பெயரை போட்டுக் கொண்டுள்ளார்கள்.
Publisher’s rating: False
مردم بحرین به زبان فارسی روزنامه منتشر میکردند.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
2 കോടി രൂപ നോട്ട് മാലയിൽ തീർത്ത കല്യാണ മണ്ഡപം
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Ukraine released a stamp featuring Yaroslav Hunka.
Publisher’s rating: False
“Hadi lan” başlıklı yazının Gülse Birsel’e ait olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz quit journalism
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
This video of an elderly woman dancing to ‘Aaj Phir Jeene ka Tamanna Hai’ features Bollywood actress Waheeda Rehman
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a video of an elderly woman dancing to “Aaj Phir Jeene ka Tamanna Hai,” said to show Bollywood actress Waheeda Rehman. FACTLY’s review identifies the woman as Sunila Ashok instead. It says the investigation began with an internet keyword search about the video, which led to a YouTube channel named Mayookha featuring the same footage. The review then describes finding Ashok’s Instagram page, “mayookha_sunila,” where it says the same viral video appeared. The decisive evidence it reports is a pinned post in which Ashok directly addressed the video’s circulation: she said her dance video had gone viral as Waheeda Rahman’s and described being compared with the actress. FACTLY treats that first-person identification, alongside the matching video on Ashok’s accounts, as evidence that the dancer is Ashok, not Rehman.
Michael Jackson’s Skin Depigmentation Picture
Publisher’s rating: Altered
Fact Crescendo investigated a viral tweet featuring a shirtless image said to show Michael Jackson’s skin depigmentation from vitiligo. The review says the tweet had attracted more than 14 million views and that it used reverse-image search to trace the picture’s origin. That search led to a photograph taken by Lynn Goldsmith in 1981. The comparison was the key evidence: the review says the original photograph shows no noticeable depigmentation like that visible in the viral version. It also reports that the edited image had circulated online for years and had previously been examined by Portuguese fact-checking site Observado. On that basis, the review concludes that the viral picture had been altered; it does not claim Jackson never had vitiligo. The review distinguishes the image’s authenticity from Jackson’s medical history. It says Jackson discussed having vitiligo in a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, and that his condition mainly affected his face and hands. Its conclusion is specifically that the 1981 photograph does not accurately show changes in his skin caused by vitiligo—not that the condition was fictitious.
Deze foto toont Taylor Swift met een Ed Gein-eske pet
Publisher’s rating: Nee, er is niets wat erop wijst dat de vrouw in de foto Taylor Swift is. De pet werd in 2016 te koop aangeboden door een Australische special effects-specialist. De collectie is inderdaad geïnspireerd door Ed Gein, maar niet gemaakt van mensenhuid. Het model op de foto uit 2016 heeft meerdere piercings in haar oor, iets wat Swift tot 2023 niet had.
The claim concerns a photo circulating online that supposedly shows Taylor Swift wearing a cap resembling human faces and signals an interest in serial killer Ed Gein. The review traces the cap and photo to Butterfly Fx Studios, an Australian design studio, rather than to a documented appearance by Swift. The items were designed and made in Australia by special-effects specialists Kayla Arena and Toby Barron; the review says the collection was inspired by Gein but the garments and accessories were not made from human skin. The studio’s description listed materials including latex and silicone. To assess who appears in the image, the review examines its visible details and the photo’s provenance. It reports that Arena shared the photo on Facebook in 2016, and that the model’s left ear has multiple piercings. The review compares this with older images of Swift: a 2020 photo showed one piercing in her left ear, while her additional piercings were a more recent change. It also says another photo of Arena shows the same arrangement of three earlobe piercings and an inner-ear stud as the cap photo. Together, these details identify Arena, not Swift, as the model. The review also reports that Barron told Check Your Fact in 2021 that the woman was not Swift and that Arena herself was the model. It notes that there are no other photos of Swift wearing the cap. The image’s styling and Ed Gein inspiration are real, but those features do not establish that Swift is pictured or that the items are made from human skin.