“This video shows journalist Chris Hedges reciting a poem on Gaza at the Academy Awards ceremony in 2024.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Mar 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is edited. It was created and uploaded on YouTube not by Chris Hedges but by a drag artist and filmmaker named Indie Nile
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 March 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/vpalestinet/reel/C4kxGwECpCr/
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