In April 2023, three covers of foreign publications dedicated to recent news were distributed on the Internet: a scandal around the Dalai Lama, the export of Ukrainian grain and the Nazi accounts in the Swiss bank. We found out whether these are real covers.
The New European magazine
On April 14, the cover of The New European appeared on the Web. It depicts such a scene: Vladimir Zelensky is on the lap at the Dalai Lama and says: "I will supply you if you pay me." Nearby stands the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with an expression of discontent on his face. On top of the headline: “How much is Britain ready to pay for the decision of the Ukrainian crisis?” TO ordinary plot The discontent of Europeans by expenses for Ukraine, which is devoted to many fake covers of magazines, this time added Recent scandal With the Dalai Lama XIV, who, for unknown reasons, suggested that his tongue sucked his tongue. This supposedly new cover was reported, in particular, the Telegram channels "Live broadcast"(633 thousand views),"Putin in Telegram"(210 thousand) and"Federation"(58 thousand), as well as users"Zena".
The upper right corner on the distributed image indicates that this is a special issue for April 2023. In the upper left corner, the inscription "Issue 337" is placed. IN Archive There is such an issue of the British magazine, but it has a completely different cover, and there is no note “special issue”.
It does not correspond to the real cover and the line above the name of the publication. There are three names in the distributed picture: Alaster Kempbell, Bonnie Grire and George Take. All these are real people: Campbell -Journalist, former spokesman for ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair; Grire - writer, screenwriter and columnist of several British publications; Take - The famous actor who played in the film epose "Star Path". The combination of these three names really found on the cover of The New European, but in completely a different issue, No. 330 (February 23 - March 1, 2023).
And the fake cover barcode is taken from another magazine number-56-page Easter release Under No. 335.
The practice of creating a fake cover of several existing ones has already become familiar: Elements taken from different publication numbers are added to the caricature painted by the authors of the fake: for example, barcodes, headings and technical information.
There is a rough spelling error directly called the publication. The original motto of the magazine is Think Without Borders. On the distributed cover in this phrase Error: Think Without Boarders.
The primary source of Fake was the Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Where the post with the cover appeared on April 14 at 12:10 pm Moscow time (11 thousand views). In April 2023 alone, it was from this channel that the distribution of at least two fake covers began: April 4 there appeared The caricature of allegedly from the French magazine Courrier International, April 5 - Fake cover Charlie Hebdo.
German newspaper Handelsblatt
On April 19, the cover of the German daily newspaper Handelsblatt appeared on the Web. The artist portrayed Vladimir Zelensky in the image of Caesar, over which four people in tox and grain bags under his arm are brought. Togs are painted in the colors of the national flags of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria. On top of the heading: "New conditions of the grain transaction." The author obviously meant conflict Around the supply of Ukrainian grain to Europe: some countries established a temporary ban on its import due to the threat to their own agricultural sector. This allegedly new cover was reported by Telegram channels "Tariknezalejko"(72 thousand views),"What happened"(62 thousand) and"Mriya"(46 thousand).
In the upper left corner of the spreading cover, it is indicated that it is No. 77, a special issue (Sonderausgabe) for April. There are no special issues for this month in the Handelsblatt online archive. Number 77 I went out on Thursday, April 20, that is, a day later than the caricature supposedly from this issue appeared in the Russian segment of social networks ..
Handelsblatt rooms with full -format covers on which the illustration occupies the entire page, Usually come out On Fridays (exceptions - before Easter holidays, this year such an issue went on sale on Thursday, April 6).
The fake also give out technical errors. For example, two barcodes are depicted on the left. The first refers to the publication as a whole, it is always the same. In the second, a specific issue is encoded. In this issue 77 there are numbers 40016, in fake - 50015. The last numbers coincide with other release - number 73.
As on the fake cover of Charlie Hebdo, mentioned above, on this font is also different from what the publication uses - this is evident in most letters and numbers on the barcode and in the inscriptions over the logo of the magazine.
The primary source of Fake was the Telegram channel "Tasking News", Where the post with the cover appeared on April 19 at 13:47 Moscow time (3 thousand views).
French magazine Charlie Hebdo
On April 19, the cover of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo appeared on the Web. On the caricature - Hitler, diving into the Golden Mountains in a bank store. Among the gold there are skulls: one with paces, the other with a measuring ruler. Above the entrance to the storage, the inscription Credit Suisse, and Hitler says: "One country, one Fuhrer, one bank." The drawing is obviously devoted investigation The US Senate Committee, which established that the Swiss bank until recently continued to service the accounts of senior Nazis. This allegedly new cover Charlie Hebdo was reported, for example, Telegram channels "Sexton"(64 thousand views) and"Waiting"(6 thousand).
The upper left corner on the distributed image indicates that this is a special issue (Numéro Spécial) No. 1605 of April 19, 2023. According to the archive on the official website of the magazine, on that day it was really published Fresh release, but he was at 1604, the Numéro Spécial note was absent, and the president of French Emmanuel Macron was drawn on his cover. Journal No. 1605 should only appear on April 26.
"Verified" studied the official accounts of the French publication in Twitter, Facebook And Instagram And did not find a viral caricature there.
The fake also give out technical errors. For example, in the lower left corner on the side is not No. 1605 (in official issues it coincides with the magazine number), but No. 1591. On the viral cover at the barcode, number 17158 is indicated, while real covers costs 14057. It is noteworthy that it was so and The previous time, when the next fake cover Charlie Hebdo appeared: the authors of fake images did not change either the number in the side or the number over the barcode.
The primary source of Fake was the Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Where the post with the cover appeared on April 19 at 19:55 Moscow time (11 thousand views).
Fake covers have been created for more than a month for information support popular with Russian propagandists of topics (for example, that Ukraine is black holewhere the money of Western countries go, or that Ukrainians - locustthat eats the budgets of the EU and the USA) or as a reaction to resonant information (for example, meeting Vladimir Putin with Xi Jinping or conflict Around the Ukrainian Orthodox Church).
Photo on the cover: Collage "Checked" / social networks
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- Is it true that foreign magazines released these covers dedicated to the Zelensky and Ukrainian church?
- Is it true that foreign magazines released these covers dedicated to Zelensky, Ukraine and Easter?
- Is it true that foreign magazines released these covers dedicated to Zelensky and Ukraine?
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