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  • 2020-05-23 (xsd:date)
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  • ‘False COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria’ – Did CNN Air This News Chyron? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a CNN news chyron that reads, False COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. Verdict: False There is no record of CNN ever airing the chyron. It was created using a news chyron generator website. Fact Check: The image features CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio . Beneath their photos, there is a breaking news banner: the chyron reads, False COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, while the ticker says, Nigerian government accused of taking advantage of the pandemic. Covid 19 ( sic ) cases in Nigeria are false because the government are taking advantage of it to embezzle, launder money and enrich themselves says CNN, reads the caption. (RELATED: Does This Video Show Nigerians Burning Chinese-Owned Businesses ‘In Retaliation For Attacks On Africans In China’?) There is, however, no record of CNN airing such a graphic. No matching or similar graphics appear in Grabien , a video clip editing service. A search of CNN transcripts also turned up no reporting about Nigeria taking advantage of the pandemic. The watermark in the upper-right corner of the image indicates it was created on Break Your Own News , a website that allows users to create their own breaking news chyrons. The photo used in the fabricated chyron comes from a March 22 interview between Blitzer and de Blasio, according to AFP Fact Check . The chyron visible when the screen grab was taken reads, FEMA declares New York ‘major disaster’ as coronavirus surges. (en)
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