“New York is bombed. At this moment, there are many injured.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 22 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence that a bomb attack happened in New York City on Jan. 22, 2023. The photo in this Instagram post was taken Dec. 11, 2017, after a failed suicide bombing attempt in Times Square.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 January 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cnut_XcuJpp/
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