“A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The headline does not come from a real CNN story. It was published by a popular meme account on Instagram.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/wqj7r
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