“CNN news article reporting the arrest of a Florida man for using a lost US nuke to power his home for more than 25 years”
What FACTLY found
This article was published on various satirical websites from 2015 which admitted that this story is completely fictional. CNN or other news outlets never reported any such news. The first photo shows a Trump supporter who was charged for harassment in 2016 in New York. The scuba diver’s photo was originally published by the German news outlet DW in 2014 in an article about various munitions (non-nuclear) that were deteriorating in the Baltic Sea
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 November 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/ClEClhkINy5/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=370fecb7-dd3b-4695…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.