[FALSE] "Italy Announces Its Surrender"
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Baseless claim. The shared pictures are victims of earthquake in Zagreb (Croatia) and art project in Frankfurt (Germany), UNRELATED to Italy. More @ Explanation and Reference section.
What the fact-checkers found
(1) First Draft News: “FALSE CONNECTION When headlines, visuals, or captions don’t support the content" More @ http://bit.ly/2qYG8Rs / http://archive.md/eSihu (backup archive). The SOURCE shared pictures of Victims of earthquake in Zagreb (Croatia) and art project in Frankfurt (Germany), UNRELATED to Italy. The SOURCE added false narrative which has caused false conclusion.
(2) Several related articles, Rappler: “The facts: No official statements or reports from credible news organizations carry this supposed quote by Conte. The graphics and screenshots also did not point to the source of the quote."
More @ “FALSE: Italian PM Conte says they’ve ‘lost control’ of coronavirus" https://bit.ly/3amCyVV / http://archive.md/qy4Gr (backup archive). – EcoWatch: “A destructive 5.4 magnitude hit Zagreb, Croatia this morning – the strongest in 140 years!💔 It breaks my heart to see the hospitals evacuated like this during with patients and mothers with their newborn babies out in the cold 😩" More @ “5.4 Earthquake Rattles Croatian Capital, Forcing Residents out of Coronavirus Lockdown" https://bit.ly/2zfHGyi / http://archive.md/3mDHQ (backup archive).
Quoted tweet backup archive @ http://archive.md/vNN9G. – Reuters: “DOCUMENT DATE: 24 March, 2014 People lay down in a pedestrian zone as part of an art project in remembrance of the 528 victims of the Katzbach Nazi concentration camp, in Frankfurt, March 24, 2014. The inmates of the Katzbach concentration camp, a part of the former Adler industrial factory, were forced into a death march to the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Dachau on March 24, 1945.
Some 528 victims of Katzbach are buried at Frankfurt’s central cemetery. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY – Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENTERTAINMENT)" https://reut.rs/2S0vtTG / http://archive.md/HJDP8 (backup archive).
Where it circulated
The “Nichole Phurple" account (facebook.com/PhurpleNichole), shared 890 times per screenshot was taken. http://archive.md/Z0Qeu (backup archive).
Narrative: “Italy announces its Surrender.🌍 The Prime Minister there says; Our control is gone. Infectious disease is killing us. All the possible relief on Earth is over. Here’s our look at the Sky.1529 Deaths in 3 Days, 5986 cases in 1 Day. ITALY is Complete failure. Think what you need to do now……🙏🌍".
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