“A tragic end today” for CNN’s Sanjay Gupta”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is alive. He appeared on CNN in the days after his alleged death. The hoax in the Facebook post linked to a spam advertisement that falsely claims Gupta is the CEO of a company that sells CBD gummies.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2022, 20 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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