At the end of January 2023, Internet users wrote that in Poland they released a magazine, on the cover of which Ukraine was compared with a sunken submarine, and Ukrainians-with rats running from it. We checked whether such an issue was actually issued.
From January 27 on Telegram channels and social networks Disractible The following content posts: ““ Not from all the rats of the rat can run away ” - with such a heading, the Polish magazine Polityka was released. Apparently, the Poles also appreciated the latest rat running in the Ukrainian elite. ” Also exists The second popular version of the viral cover with a less accurate translation of the phrase in Polish: ““ Not all rats will have time to escape alive, ”the Polish magazine Polityka was released with such a heading. The cover depicts a sunken submarine, it is painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The article itself talk about disagreements in the Ukrainian authorities. ” At the same time, many drowned rodents are drawn near the submarine. Probably, the posts are about a series of resignations in Ukrainian structures, including the president’s office, the Ministry of Defense and the Prosecutor General, as well as among the heads of Ukrainian regions. About personnel rearrangements became It is known Shortly before the appearance of a viral cover.
For example, such a comment on the cover appeared in the Telegram channel "Zl⭕️”(123,000 views at the time of writing this analysis):“ The Poles with some late repeated the memorials popular in our channels about rats running from the ship. But since they run mainly to them, their wishes are completely different! ” Also, channels were written about the cover "Scott Ritter in Telegram"(188 000),"Bullet"(182 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(163,000),"Peacemaker"(147 000),"Ostashko! Important"(112 000),"Uncle Glory"(111 000),"What happened?"(100,000),"Ukraine.ru"(87 000),"Gasparyan"(84,000),"Russia 2.0"(62 000), Rogandar News (53,000), "Own correspondent"(47,000) and"Kristina Poddchik"(33,000). The viral image can be found on VKontakte (examples here, here, here And here), Twitter (here, here And here), on "YaPlakal" And others Russian -speaking web sites.
Polityka is weekly, that is, all numbers come out once a week. In the right side of the viral cover, it is written directly under the name of the magazine that this is the release at number 6 (3400), that is, the sixth for 2023 and the 3400th in the total numbering. Issue No. 5 (3399) I went out January 24, 2023, respectively, No. 6 (3400) was supposed to be released on January 31. However, instead of the date, next to the number of the viral magazine, it is indicated that this is a “special release” (Specjalna Sprawa).
On the official website of the publication There is The section with the archive of all covers since 1998. At the time of writing this text, four issues are presented in the gallery for 2023 (sixth, fifth, fourth And third), since the first and second were united and Out At the end of 2022. "Verified" could not find the viral cover either on the site or in the official social networks of Polityka in Instagram*, Facebook* And Twitter. Moreover, we did not find in the archive of the publication a single cover marked “special release”.
On the officially published cover 6 (3400) A young couple is depicted, which looks at residential buildings through a high wall. The title on the cover says: “Neither buy nor remove. Housing: real drama, fake recipes of the authorities. " Accordingly, the title article Dedicated Crisis in the real estate market in Poland.
On the cover with the submarine to the left of the logo, the name of the alleged author of the titular caricature is indicated - Marta Frey. “Verified” sent to Mail of the studio Frey and her Facebook Questions about whether the artist is related to the creation of a viral cover. First, the artist and partner Frey answered us Tomasha, according to which she did not draw a caricature with rats and submarine. Then Frey herself informed us that this was a fake cover, the creation of which she was not involved. Polish Factswing project Demagog received Comment not only from Frey, but also from the head of the department of science of the editorial office of Polityka Marchina Rotkevichwho called the picture "full fake." According to him, the magazine never uses a special issue.
The authors of fakes are often confused in detail. For example, Like More than once Before that, on the fake cover in question, you can see a font that differs from what is used on the genuine cover of Polityka, which is especially visible in the numbers on the barcodes. Near the phrase “Illustration of Marta Frey” there is a sign of copyright (©), although earlier in such cases it was absent - “verified” studied everything covers In 2022–2023, it noticed that the copy sign was put only in the absence of the word “illustration”. In addition, on the left on the fake states that in the countries of the eurozone the magazine costs € 3.70, although since the end of 2022 the cost increased up to € 4.95. But the most iconic mistake lurks in the fake cover barcode. We noticed that on the real covers for 2023 the number on the barcode ends as follows: 350305, and on the fake - 350909. At the same time, on the barcode there is also a serial number for the year, but the fake, which is supposedly at number 6, indicates the number 29. We found the barcode exactly like that of the release under the issue under the number 29 (3219)who came out in 2019. Moreover, his cover, drawn by Martha Frey, really Dedicated Ukraine, or rather, the difficult position of Ukrainians working as service personnel in Polish hotels.
We found the earliest publication with a fake cover in the Telegram channel “Earlier of anyone. Well, almost. Special operation "(13,000 views), which previously More than once It turned out primary source similar fakes. There is a post with a viral image and the first option for the translation of the title article title appeared January 27 at 12:29 pm Moscow time. After 24 minutes in the Putin in Telegram channel (255,000 views) I went out The post with the second translation option, which was first indicated that the title material of the number speaks of disagreements in the Ukrainian government. This channel is also repeatedly He became distributor Fake covers of foreign magazines.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Instagram and Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: social networks
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