“There was media blackout on Simon Coveney's official visit to Turkey in January”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Jan 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
Multiple news outlets reported on Coveney's trip to Turkey. There is no evidence to support the claim that there was any outside interference in media outlets that didn’t cover Coveney’s trip to Turkey, or that it was anything other than a choice made by newsrooms not to do so.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 January 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 5 February 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3728799587177894&set=a.539031076154777&type=3&the…
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