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ලෝක ප්රකට ගායිකා Celine Dion, සිය පුතුගේ විවාහ මංගල්යයට රෝද පුටුවකින් පැමිණෙන අවස්ථාවක් ද?
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim concerned a social-media video said to show Celine Dion arriving in a wheelchair at her son’s wedding and dancing with him. The review says viewers believed the woman in the video was Dion, amid concern about her health, but its investigation found the woman was someone else. It examined the woman’s appearance and describes reverse-image and keyword searches to identify her and trace the footage.
Photos showing the “Largest Display of Origami Heart” on display at Angkor Wat were posted on a Facebook page recently. This comes after the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) aims to make millions of origami hearts to break the Guinness World Record. The above photos were reacted to with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users who speak Khmer. However, after checking the reliable sources, it proves that the above photos were false.
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim concerns six aerial-view photos posted by the Facebook page Cam News Center on April 11, 2023. They appeared after Cambodia’s origami-heart display at Angkor Wat and were shared with a caption saying the heart garden had broken a record. The investigation concluded that the photos did not depict the real display. It describes them as seemingly computer-generated or digitally altered, rather than as authentic views of the installation. [S1: “On April 11, 2023, a Facebook page called ‘Cam News Center’ posted a collection of six photos showing the view of Angkor Wat (aerial view) with a heart of colorful paper gardens.”; “So, the viral social media images seems like computer generated or digitally altered and not representing real images.”] To investigate, the publisher says it used Google Reverse Image Search and other sources. It compared the viral images with aerial views posted by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official Facebook page on April 11, which showed the heart-shaped display and a Khmer word meaning “Khmer.” The review also points to a Khmer Times report from April 12 describing millions of collected paper hearts arranged in a garden at the temple complex. [S1: “Fact Crescendo Cambodia has started checking images through Google Reverse Image Search and other sources, which lead us to find the following facts.”; “The following is an aerial view that shows the shape and form of the ‘heart’ and the word in Khmer that means ‘Khmer’.”; “This was also published on the Khmer Times news website on April 12, 2023 to be presented at the Angkor Sankranti event”] The review distinguishes the real event from the disputed photos: it says Cambodia officially broke the record with more than 3.9 million origami hearts, and that the hearts were arranged as a heart and the word “Khmer” at Angkor Wat. It also notes that Guinness World Records publicly reported the record. Thus, the finding concerns the authenticity of the viral images, not whether the record-setting display took place. The excerpt does not identify who created the altered images or describe the specific digital alterations. [S1: “The official Facebook page of Prime Minister Hun Sen posted on April 11, 2023 celebrates and congratulates Cambodia for officially breaking the Guinness World Record with more than 3.9 million origami hearts.”; “All the origami hearts collected from the capital and provinces to Angkor Wat temple have been arranged as ‘Heart’ and the word ‘Khmer’.”; “Breaking the world record of ‘Most origami hearts in the world’ at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple recently has also been made and shown publicly on the Guinness World Records website.”]
بنر اداره میراث فرهنگی درباره حجاب زنان در زمان اشکانیان
Publisher’s rating: گمراهکننده
Die «Tagesschau» will den Begriff «Mutter» aus dem Wortschatz verbannen.
Publisher’s rating: Die «Tagesschau» nutzt das Wort «Mutter» weiterhin, wie anhand verschiedener Texte sehr einfach zu erkennen ist. Der NDR macht klar: Es gibt keine Anweisung, den Begriff in Beiträgen zu vermeiden.
A Footage Of Celine Dion Dancing At Her Son`S Wedding!(VIDEO)
Publisher’s rating: False
The viral post presented a clip of a woman dancing at a wedding as Celine Dion, suggesting that her limited movements reflected her stiff-person syndrome. The review says the clip spread on Facebook and WhatsApp in Sri Lanka, and that viewers responded sympathetically because Dion had been diagnosed with the condition. Its investigation concludes that the woman in the footage was not Dion and that the video was miscaptioned. To identify the woman, the reviewers compared her appearance with Dion’s and reported noticing differences. They then used reverse-image searches on video frames and keyword searches. Those searches identified the woman as Kathy Poirier, a 55-year-old from Florida who had ALS. The review says Poirier’s son, Zak, arranged for her long-held wish to dance at his wedding to be fulfilled; her two other sons supported her during the dance. The review links the footage to an event in April 2022 and says wedding planners Roots and Stems posted video of the same dance from another angle on Instagram on April 11, 2022. It also reports that Dion has three sons and that none were married at the time addressed by the review. These details support the review’s conclusion that the clip showed Poirier’s dance at her son’s wedding, not Dion at one of her sons’ weddings.
A scupture of Preah Ko taken from Cambodia hundred years ago is locked inside Prasat Phra Thep Bidon which is not open to public.
Publisher’s rating: False
Tom Hanks wurde exekutiert, weil er pädophil ist.
Publisher’s rating: Tom Hanks lebt. Seine Hinrichtung ist ebenso erfunden wie die Behauptungen über seine angeblichen Verbrechen.
The fact-check examines an online allegation that Tom Hanks was arrested in Italy, tried by a secret U.S. military court and executed for child abuse. It says the claim appeared in a Facebook post from Luxembourg and describes Hanks as allegedly having been arrested after leaving Greece. The review links the accusation to a July 2021 article from Real Raw News that purported to describe his offenses and trial. The review points to Hanks’s public appearances as evidence that he was alive: on March 29, 2023, he and his wife, Rita Wilson, attended a White House event with President Joe Biden for Greek Independence Day. It also notes that Hanks and Wilson had become Greek citizens in July 2020. These details contradict the central assertion that Hanks had been executed. The review says the allegations of pedophilia were based substantially on the Real Raw News article, and describes that site as having made other false claims that prominent political figures had been executed or arrested. It also points to the article’s own disclaimer, which says the site contains humor, parody and satire. The review therefore identifies no factual basis for either the alleged crimes or the execution, and places the story in the context of a conspiracy narrative.
सलमान खान NMACC के उद्घाटन कार्यक्रम में बैकग्राउंड डांसर बने।
Publisher’s rating: False
The enjoyment of Indian culture and indigenous cuisine is unique. Many thanks to Modi ji who Even those who eat with these knives and forks have been taught to eat with their straight hands. The foreign guests who came to India for the G20 meeting having food.
Publisher’s rating: False
మూడు సంవత్సరాల పాటు షూటింగ్ చేసిన పాటకు సంబంధించిన వీడియో
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
La galerie nationale de Londres souhaite retirer un tableau de Jan van Eyck suite à des plaintes fréquentes de visiteurs sur la ressemblance du personnage du tableau avec Poutine.
Publisher’s rating: Cette allégation est fausse. La National Gallery de Londres a assuré à la dpa que le tableau de Jan van Eyck, exposé depuis 1843, est toujours accessible au public. Le musée n'a, en outre, pas reçu de plainte à propos de l'oeuvre et n'a pas l'intention de la retirer.
The claim concerns *The Arnolfini Portrait*, a 1434 painting by Jan van Eyck at London’s National Gallery. A viral social-media rumor said the museum was considering removing it after “frequent complaints” that one of its figures resembled Russian president Vladimir Putin. The review identifies this specific painting and rumor, rather than relying on a similar story about another artwork or person. The review reports that the National Gallery’s press office told dpa the painting remained on display and that the museum had no intention of taking it down. It also says the work was still in Room 28. These statements address the central removal claim directly. Separately, the review cites Reuters’ fact-check as reporting that the museum had received no complaints about the painting, addressing the alleged reason for removal as well. As further checks, the review says the museum had made no announcement on its website or social-media accounts about removing the work, and that no reliable source was reporting the supposed controversy. It traces one route by which the rumor spread: a Dutch-language post linked to an article published on March 30 by The News Dept, which attributed its information to RIA FAN. The review notes that RIA FAN also published the claim. This account of the rumor’s circulation does not substantiate the alleged complaints; the museum’s reported response and the absence of complaints reported by Reuters contradict that part of the story.
Une drag queen belge exposerait ses fantasmes sexuels lors d'une lecture pour enfants.
Publisher’s rating: La vidéo de la protestation contre l'atelier de lecture déforme la réalité. Les accusations de sexualisation pendant la lecture sont infondées. La vidéo utilise des images d’autres événements pour créer une fausse atmosphère lors de l’atelier de lecture à Bruges.
Videoda sure okuyan kişinin Levent Kırca olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Artwork depicting multiculturalism in Europe that won the amateur art contest in the Netherlands
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The post claimed that an artwork depicting multiculturalism in Europe had won an amateur art contest in the Netherlands. The review describes the image as a man with a rope around his neck watering a plant, and says the post interpreted the man and plant as Europe and Islam. The review’s conclusion is that the artwork does not depict that subject and was not connected to the alleged contest. To investigate the image’s provenance, the review reports conducting a reverse-image search. It says the same photograph appeared in a 2010 collection on the Contemporary Art Blogspot, which identified the works as those of German visual artist Friedrich Kunath, made for an exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York. The review also says it found the gallery’s material for Kunath’s 2010 solo exhibition and identifies the work as part of his collection “Tropical Depression.” The review quotes the gallery’s press statement describing the exhibition as a “watery world” that brings together contrasting ideas including romanticism and despair. That account supports the review’s explanation of the artwork’s artistic context; the review reports no evidence linking it to an amateur contest in the Netherlands. Its evidence therefore addresses both the image’s attribution and the post’s claims about its meaning and award.
