An image circulating on social networks shows an alleged screenshot of CNN Portugal, in which the television station reported in a footnote that a Russian commander had “woken up dead” in Ukraine. It would have happened during a live broadcast by journalist Ana Sofia Cardoso in Dnipro at 8:22 pm on the April 30 edition of CNN.
However, the original content was altered to make it appear that CNN had made a mistake by publishing information about the war between Russia and Ukraine. The original video does not show this assumption gaffe.
Through automatic recordings it can be verified that on April 30, at the time shown in the image, journalist Ana Sofia Cardoso was reporting on the situation at the Azovstal factory in Mariupol, Ukraine. The journalist did not speak of the death of any Russian commander, nor did the broadcast broadcast an alleged error, saying that some military had “woken up dead” in Ukraine. The title doesn’t match either. In fact, the caption reads: “20 civilians were evacuated by the UN from the Azovstal factory.
Speaking to the Observer, journalist Ana Sofia Fonseca states: “Obviously the image is false. At that time he was reporting the departure of a group of people from the Azovstal factory”.
conclusion
The reproduction of a report by CNN Portugal with the caption “Russian commander wakes up dead in Ukraine” is a montage. The text was inserted into the original image, which was broadcast on April 30, with the caption “20 civilians were evacuated by the UN from the Azovstal factory.”
According to the Observer classification, this content is:
WRONG
In the Facebook classification system this content is:
FALSE: the main content claims are factually inaccurate. This option typically matches “false” or “mostly false” ratings on fact-checking websites.
NOTE: This content was curated by The Observer as part of a fact-checking partnership with Facebook.
Source: Observadora
