From misinformation around the ongoing Olympics in Paris to false claims around the crisis in Bangladesh, here are our top fact checks from this week
Paris Olympics: Old Visuals Of Neeraj Chopra And Arshad Nadeem Shared Out Of Context
A couple of visuals have gone viral on social media, claiming to be from the men’s javelin throw final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday (August 8), where Arshad Nadeem’s record-breaking throw stunned 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual Olympic gold, while Chopra became the third Indian to win individual Olympic medals at two different Games. Newschecker found the visuals to be old and unrelated to the ongoing Olympics. Read more here.
Old Video Of US Artistic Swimming Team Performing To AR Rahman’s ‘Taal’ Shared As Paris Olympics
Several social media users shared a video claiming to show the US artistic swimming team performing its routine to the theme song from AR Rahman’s “Taal” at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Newschecker, however, found that the video is old and unrelated to the ongoing Olympics. Read more here.
Old Image Of Defaced Rabindranath Tagore Bust Linked To 2024 Bangladesh Protests
Multiple social media users shared an image claiming that the radicals vandalise the bust of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem, amid the violent protests. Newschecker found the image is of a broken head from a Tagore sculpture made by...
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