“Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The photo isn’t from Florida in the spring of coronavirus. It was taken in Brazil in 2013 during a visit from Pope Francis.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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