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In April 2021, a supposed screenshot of an article entitled UN Cultural Agency Removes Birthplace of Jesus From Its List of Heritage Sites circulated on social media: This was not a genuine news headline. This image was digitally altered to remove the final two words of a real headline published by the United Nations (U.N.). The real headline read: UN cultural agency removes birthplace of Jesus from its list of heritage sites in danger. If you look closely at the above-displayed screenshot, you can see what appears to be faint marks of a Microsoft Paint tool over where the words in danger would have been displayed. Here's a screenshot of the genuine headline: Omitting the words in danger significantly changed the meaning of the headline. Although the social media post claimed that the U.N. was removing the birthplace from its heritage site list, the U.N. was actually reporting that the site of Jesus' birthplace had been restored and was no longer considered to be in danger of falling into disrepair. The U.N. wrote: In short, the birthplace of Jesus is still listed on the United Nations' list of World Heritage Sites. See it for yourself here. In April 2021, the U.N. announced that this site was no longer considered to be in danger of falling into disrepair. After the U.N. made this announcement, someone digitally edited the U.N.'s headline to remove the words in danger and shared it on social media, falsely claiming that this location was no longer considered a World Heritage Site.
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