“Viral post shows same picture with different headlines on COVID-19 stories, asking, "That's weird the exact same people who visited the beach in Florida are now at the beaches in California?”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 Apr 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
Posts compare screenshots from two news sites to falsely claim that using the same image of people at the beach during the COVID-19 pandemic shows media deception. Both reports correctly identify the picture’s location.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 April 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
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