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Kris Aquino died and her remains are being flown back to the Philippines in November 2022.
Publisher’s rating: Fake
George Clooney trug ein T-Shirt mit Konföderierten-Flagge, Hakenkreuz, roter Trump-Kappe und dem russischen Kriegssymbol "Z", um damit Trump-Anhänger und Russen zu verspotten.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Das Originalfoto entstand 2015 und zeigt George Clooney mit einem T-Shirt einer Tequilamarke. Es wurde nachträglich bearbeitet.
Düzce’de bulunan Rabia heykelinin kalıcı olarak kaldırıldığı iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
సూపర్ స్టార్ కృష్ణ తన తుది శ్వాస పీల్చే సమయంలో మహేష్ బాబు పరుగెత్తుకుంటూ హాస్పిటల్ చేరుకున్న దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
A rare photograph of the Chola princess Kundavai which is housed in the British Museum in Malaysia
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The post identified in the review claimed that a photograph showed Chola princess Kundavai and was housed in the British Museum in Malaysia. The review rejects the identification: it says the woman pictured is not Kundavai, and contrasts the photograph’s 19th-century date with Kundavai’s reported life in the 10th–11th century. That chronology is the central evidence offered against the claim that the image depicts her. [S1: “The woman in the photo is not Chola princess Kundavai. The photo was taken in the 19th century CE whereas Chola princess Kundavai reportedly lived during the 10th-11th century CE.”] To investigate the photograph’s provenance, the review says it used Google Reverse Image Search and found the same image on multiple websites. It reports that Alamy described it as a portrait of a seated girl from Madras, dated circa 1872, and that the British Library also displayed the image with a description associating it with the 19th century. The review therefore distinguishes the British Library from the British Museum named in the post, and presents the image as an unrelated portrait rather than a photograph of Kundavai. [S1: “When the photo was run through Google Reverse Image Search, the same picture was found to be uploaded on multiple websites. The ‘Alamy’ stock photos website has the same photo on its website with the following description – ‘Portrait of a seated girl wearing jewellery, from Madras (c. 1872)’.”]
In dem Musikvideo in Wolodymyr Selenskyj zu sehen.
Publisher’s rating: Der Mann in dem Video ist nicht Wolodymyr Selenskyj. Die Aufnahme stammt von einem Parodie-Account. In dem Clip ist der Dreh eines Musikvideos für einen von dem Account veröffentlichten Song zu sehen. Der «falsche Selenskyj» tritt regelmäßig in einer von Russland finanzierten Show von zwei bekannten Komikern auf, die zuletzt mit gefälschten Klitschko-Videoanrufen für Schlagzeilen sorgten. Fakten
ទំព័រហ្វេសប៊ុកមួយ ឈ្មោះថា KimLeang – គឹមលៀង បានបង្ហោះរូបមួយសន្លឹក បង្ហាញទិដ្ឋភាពតារាចម្រៀង វណ្ណដា ឈរថតរូបក្បែរនឹងលោក ដេវីត។ រូបថតនេះ ត្រូវបានភ្ជាប់ជាមួយនឹងអត្ថន័យថា ទោះខាងក្រៅពួកគាត់មិនបើកចំហ មិនត្រូវគ្នា តែខាងក្នុងគាត់ត្រូវគ្នាធម្មតា។
Publisher’s rating: Altered
Deze voorpagina is van een speciale editie van Charlie Hebdo van 16 november 2022.
Publisher’s rating: Deze uitgave is niet echt van Charlie Hebdo. Het nieuwste nummer, dat op 16 november 2022 uitkwam, gaat over een ander onderwerp.
शाहरुख खान को मुंबई एयरपोर्ट में कस्टम विभाग की ओर से रोके जाने और चेकिंग करने की तस्वीर
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Image of the Statue of Unity with Graffiti
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a social-media image that appears to show names or graffiti written on India’s Statue of Unity. The post’s accompanying Hindi description questions who the people responsible are and laments damage to monuments. FACTLY’s review says it investigated whether the image depicted a real act of defacement, rather than merely whether graffiti on the statue would be objectionable. Its conclusion is that the image was altered: “The original version of this image does not contain any writings on the statue.” To check the claim, the reviewers searched online for reports of graffiti at the monument. They say that search found no relevant reporting, while noting that damage to such a prominent monument would likely attract coverage. That absence was not the only basis for their conclusion: the review also describes a reverse-image search that located the image’s original version, credited to PTI. According to FACTLY, the PTI image shows the statue without graffiti, which they say confirms that the viral image was edited to add the writing. The excerpt does not identify when or where the social-media post first appeared, provide the images for independent comparison, or give details about the PTI photograph beyond its attribution. The evidence described is therefore the publisher’s reported search and image comparison; it supports the conclusion that the image was morphed, but the supplied text does not provide additional documentation with which to reproduce those checks.
Augusto Nunes acabou de ser contratado pela Record, em 2022
Publisher’s rating: Falso
పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు చేసిన ఆమరణ నిరాహార దీక్షకి మద్దతుగా తెలుగు సినీనటుడు కృష్ణ పాల్గొన్నప్పటి ఫోటో
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Veteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra Kapoor has passed away
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned veteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra Kapoor, also known as “Jumping Jack,” and said he had recently died. FACTLY’s review identifies a likely source of confusion: it reports that the actor who died on 15 October 2022 was Jitendra Shastri, known for roles in *Black Friday* and *Mirzapur*, not Jeetendra Kapoor. The review states that Jeetendra Kapoor remained alive and was still a director of Balaji Telefilms. [S1] The review describes several checks supporting that distinction. FACTLY says it searched for confirmation of Jeetendra Kapoor’s death but found no news report confirming it, and notes that his children had not announced his death on their social-media accounts. It also reports that Kapoor published an Instagram post on 3 November 2022 and that, on 15 November, he spoke to media while expressing sadness about Telugu actor Krishna’s death. These details place Kapoor alive after the date on which the false claim said he had died. [S1] The death reports the review says it found concerned Jitendra Shastri. It notes that several news websites reported Shastri’s death, while describing Kapoor’s ongoing role at Balaji Telefilms. Taken together, the review’s account separates the two actors and gives contemporaneous indications that the claim about Kapoor was mistaken. [S1]
First picture of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir’s newborn baby girl
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a particular photo circulating as the first picture of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s newborn daughter. FACTLY reports that the image shows Bhatt holding a baby, but says it was altered: Bhatt’s face was placed over the face of author Ali Maffucci in an existing photograph. The review identifies the babies in the original as Maffucci’s identical twin boys, Rio and Sol. The investigation describes two checks. First, it searched the couple’s official social-media accounts and did not find the image there. Second, a reverse-image search located a similar photograph on Maffucci’s Inspiralized blog. Comparing that original with the circulating image, the review found the baby in Bhatt’s left arm matched the baby Maffucci was holding in her left arm. It therefore concluded that the circulated picture was a face-edited version of Maffucci’s photo, not an authentic image of Bhatt’s daughter. The review adds that Bhatt and Kapoor announced the birth of their daughter on 6 November 2022, but had not shared pictures of her at the time of the investigation. Its account distinguishes that birth announcement from the unsupported claim that the viral image was the child’s first picture.
“இறந்தும் பெயர் சொல்ல வேண்டும்” உலக சினிமாவின் நூற்றாண்டைச் சிறப்பிக்க திரைத்துறையில் சாதித்த 140 நபர்களின் வரலாற்றைப் பதிவு செய்து ‘உலக சினிமா சரித்திரம் (The Oxford history of world cinema) என்ற புத்தகத்தை வெளியிட்டது ஆக்ஸ்ஃபோர்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகம்; இதில் இந்தியாவிலிருந்து இடம்பெற்ற ஒரே நடிகர் எம்.ஜி. ஆர்!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Image of Statute of Unity with the names Rajesh and Pinki written on it.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns an image circulating on Instagram that appears to show “Rajesh” and “Pinki” written on the Statue of Unity. NewsMeter investigated whether visitors could physically reach the part of the statue shown and whether reports documented such an incident. It concluded that the image had been edited. The review cites an NDTV report stating that visitors can use an internal lift to reach a viewing gallery “close to the chest of the statue,” at a height of 135 metres. NewsMeter said this indicated that nobody could reach the statue’s face manually. It also reported running multiple keyword searches for media coverage of names being written on the statue and finding no reports, then ruling out some recent images that showed the statue clean and standing tall. The excerpt supports the review’s conclusion, though it does not provide the images or search terms used for independent inspection.