DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
- Outlet: akher.news ( archive, original ) , beirut-news.com ( archive, original ) , bwabtk.com ( archive, original ) , arabic.sputniknews.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , mn2ol.com ( archive, original ) , lebanon24.com ( archive, original ) , lomazoma.com ( archive, original ) , www.americaalyoum.com ( archive, original ) , misrday.com ( archive, original ) , multies.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , lebanonfiles.com ( archive, original ) , newsformy.com ( archive, original ) , Klyoum.com ( archive, original ) , asharq-alarabi.com ( archive, original )
- Date of publication: April 21, 2021
- Article language(s): Arabic
- Countries / regions discussed: US
DISINFO: The real George Floyd died 5 years ago, according to USA Today
SUMMARY
An American newspaper blew up the story of George Floyd entirely ... he passed away five years ago.
Allegations recently indicated that George Floyd died five years ago and his death was at the hands of his twin brother; which raised doubt and suspicion in the case of his murder.
There is a Facebook post claiming that the death was staged, according to what was reported by the American newspaper "USA TODAY".
RESPONSE
This is a distortion of the original “USA Today” article, titled “Fact check: Arrest video, autopsy contradict the claim that George Floyd's death was staged”, in which the outlet specifically debunked this viral claim about another George Floyd.
The article clearly states with its fact-checking sources:
The claim that the real George Floyd died five years ago and that his death was staged by a twin brother, who did not have a chest tattoo on the day of the arrest, is FALSE, based on our research. Floyd was pronounced dead May 25, 2020, at 9:25 p.m. according to an autopsy report. Videos of the arrest show the chest tattoo, and the autopsy report details the tattoo as well.
Results of bad journalism work have been monitored several times before in our database by wrongly quoting Reuters saying that there is no approved COVID-19 vaccine except the Russian one; or that The Financial Times said that there is no democracy in the US, or twisting the reports of Bloomberg.