In July 2023, the covers of Courrier International and Charlie Hebdo magazines with caricatures that make fun of the President of Ukraine dispersed over the network. We decided to check if these are the real covers.
Courrier International
On July 4, 2023, the cover of the publication Courrier International appeared on the Internet. The title on it says: "France is on fire!" In the background, houses and cars are burning, the police in protective ammunition are visible. And in the foreground, French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to reanimate his wife with the words: “Stop riots! My wife has a bad heart. ” Nearby is Zelensky and says: “Stop the riots! All money should go to the aid of Ukraine, and not for repairs! ” This supposedly existing cover appeared shortly after multi -day riots in France, flashed After the policeman shot the 17-year-old Nael Merzuk, who was driving a car in a suburb of Paris, in a suburbs of Paris. This cover was reported, in particular, Telegram channels "What happened?"(117,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"DPR 🅉 info 🇷🇺"(48,000) and"I'm shocked"(29,000).
Courrier International is a weekly that comes out on Thursdays, its digital version appears a day earlier. In the distributed image in two places (to the right of the name and in the lower left corner above the barcode) it is indicated that this is supposedly No. 1705, a special issue for July 2023. In the archive of the publication there is a release under such a number, it appeared on the site on July 6 and in fact Dedicated riots in France. But he has a different cover. In addition, on the website of the publication you can find and Special application To No. 1705, but also on its cover is not Zelensky at all.
The fact that we spread the cover - fake is also evidenced by some technical details. The viral image above the barcode indicates the number 031183. The real Courrier International covers uses number 03183. The authors of fake cartoons are not copying this error for the first time, it was “checked” about this. April and in June 2023, when the previous fake covers of the French magazine appeared.
The primary source of Fake was the Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Where the post with the cover appeared on July 4 at 10:06 Moscow time (12,000 views). It is this Telegram channel in recent months that most often becomes the primary source of the spread of fake covers of foreign magazines and newspapers. Of the 28 similar images, disassembled “checked” in 2023, in 20 cases, the channel was the first to write about this “before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation ".
Charlie Hebdo
On July 18, the cover of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo appeared on the Web. In the background, the vague silhouette of a burning bridge is visible, on the front is Vladimir Zelensky in a boat with a rocket in his hands. The President of Ukraine says: "I have nothing to do with it." Obviously, the authors hint at explosion, which occurred on July 17 on the Crimean bridge connecting the annexed Crimea to the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian authorities did not take responsibility for undermining the bridge, Russia accused Kyiv of what happened. This allegedly new cover Charlie Hebdo was reported, for example, Telegram channels "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation"(12,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Long Yazyk 🇷🇺"(6 000) and"Grandma knows everything!"(6000).
On the right, called the magazine, it is indicated that this is No. 1579 of July 18, 2023. The first discrepancy is the release date: new numbers Charlie Hebdo Appear on the site On Wednesdays, and in print in kiosks - on Thursdays. Thus, the real magazine was released only the day after the appearance of the viral cover, on Wednesday, July 19. In addition, the numbering does not match: The latter at the time of writing this analysis number is 1617.
The present No. 1579 was released back in October 2022 and was dedicated to the ultra -law policy Eric darmur. It is interesting that then in Telegram it has become widespread and Fake cover Under the same number at which electricity problems in Ukraine were ridiculed after Russian missile strikes.
Unlike previous fake covers Charlie Hebdo (here are examples for november 2022, April And June 2023), the authors of Fake did not even imitate the manuscript font, which are usually used by the artists of the French edition. In addition, the caricature is also different from the rest: the authors of fakes depicted Zelensky In the form of a dog And chapel of Christianity, hinted that Ukrainians adhere to Nazi ideologyrepresented the president of Ukraine beggar, constantly requiring money. This time, the caricature simply depicts Zelensky, who did not begin to take responsibility for the blown up bridge.
The original source of Fake was the Telegram channel "Grandma knows everything!", Where the post with the cover appeared on July 18 at 16:01 Moscow time (6000 views). In Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Which most often becomes the source of the spread of fake covers, it appeared two days later, on July 20.
Photo on the cover: collage "Checked"
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