“Images of a Cameraman crying while he was covering Messi’s farewell”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The images show an Iraqi photographer crying after Iraq was knocked out of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 by Qatar. These images of the cameraman crying have nothing to do with Lionel Messi’s farewell. Lionel Messi broke down at his final press conference as a Barcelona player on 08 August 2021
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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