| Title: | Fake CNN screenshot misleads on war in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324F2GL |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts claim US broadcaster CNN misrepresented an image of a 2015 explosion as being from the 2022 war in Ukraine. But the image shows an explosion in Kyiv and was released by the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 24, 2022, and the channel said the alleged screenshot of a CNN report featured in the posts is fake. |
Fake CNN screenshot misleads on war in Ukraine
Social media posts claim US broadcaster CNN misrepresented an image of a 2015 explosion as being from the 2022 war in Ukraine. But the image shows an explosion in Kyiv and was released by the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 24, 2022, and the channel said the alleged screenshot of a CNN report featured in the posts is fake.
