At the end of July, 2023, a video diverged on the network that the famous boxer allegedly invited the President of Ukraine to undergo a rehabilitation course. We checked if Iron Mike made such a statement.
A 12-second boxer roller began to disperse on social networks on July 28. One of the most popular signatures for viral publications is: “Star flash mob continues: boxer Mike Tyson called Zelensky to the fight against drug addiction. The famous boxer recommended the President of Ukraine to go to rehabilitation from drug addiction. Earlier, the actor Elijah Wood, known for the film "Lord of the Rings", made a similar call. Similar posts appeared in numerous Telegram channels, among which "Live broadcast"(623,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Russia now"(320,000),"Observer"(197 000),"Putin in Telegram"(179 000),"Uncle Glory"(176 000),"The first folk"(144 000), Voblya (141 000), "Bullet"(137 000),"Scott Ritter in Telegram"(131 000), Rus_criminal (117 000), "Ostashko! Important"(101 000). There are publications with a much less detailed signature - for example, in the channels "Ne. Sahar"(291,000 views),"KB"(222 000) and"Pozdnyakov 3.0"(212 000). Video is found on other platforms: on Twitter (examples here, here And here), "VKontakte" (here, here And here), YouTube, Rutube, as well as on some news sites, for example Readovka And "Tsargrad".
In the video itself, I can’t hear what the boxer says, because the video is included in the video. At the same time, English -language inscriptions report: “Earlier, Mike Tyson made a similar appeal to Vladimir Zelensky. The athlete also recommended the Ukrainian president to go to Rehab. ” Judging by the text, this is only an excerpt from a longer entry that was “verified” to find.
The full video lasting almost one and a half minutes appeared on July 27, but it did not become how popular, like its short fragment. At the beginning of the source video, it is reported that Elijah Wood allegedly turned to Zelensky with a request to be treated from drug addiction, after which Instagram*-acure of the actor allegedly blocked. "Checked" already Disassembled This story found out that this is a fake: Wood did not have a public instagram, so they could not block it, and he did not lay out the appeal to Zelensky at all. Then we suggested that the creators of the fake ordered a video on the Cameo service, where celebrities record short appeals for fans for money.
In addition, the video says that the actor was supported by Internet users and many media. As an example, screenshots of several real English -speaking tweets are given, all of them were placed by pro -Russian users and supporters of the theories of the conspiracy (their profiles here, here, here And here). The record also has a screenshot of supposedly BBC news under the heading “Elijah Wood Epistle: how the brave hobbit fights evil again”, but this is a fake. On the website of the British broadcasting corporation of such material No. Other indirect features are also said about fake: for example, a lowercase letter after a colon (BBC Uses Incupress) and the font on the cover, which differs from used on the site (most noticeable by the letters A, S, G and B).
The reliability of a half -minute video in his social networks tried to find out “Tsargrad”, which released The post with such a heading (spelling is preserved): "Fake-not fake: sort it out yourself, but Mike Tyson turned to Zelensky." Further, the staff of the channel writes: “Allegedly, the video was distributed by Reuters (its logo really posted in the upper right corner - approx." Tested "). We found this video, or rather its fragment: yes, the agency’s logo is available, inscriptions in the style of the same agency too. But only a word is not heard from Tyson. ” The publication also mentions Wood, the accuracy of the appeal of which the channel does not pose into question.
In fact, there is no video with the famous boxer and actor sitenot in social networks (Facebook*, Instagram, Twitter (x) And YouTube) Reuters agencies. In addition, in the viral video at 0:39, the name Zelensky was written in the Russian -speaking version of Vladimir, although before that, the Ukrainian version of Volodymyr is used. And again, fonts differ, which is especially visible by the fits E, G, P, and K. Such videos, mimicating for the content of authoritative foreign media, have long been distributed along the rune. Previously, “verified” exposed fakes with logos Al jazeera, Euronews, DGP Flesz, DW** And Fox News Digital.
And yet: did Tyson turn to Zelensky? Reuters does not report exactly where exactly the boxer published his video: he is not on the official sitenot in social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (x), Tiktok And YouTube) athlete. Neither famous and authoritative international media nor tabloids wrote about the Council of Zelensky from Tyson. Although the Ukrainian Information Agency UNIAN Name The video is “a squalor that doesn’t even pull on a dipte”, “verified” found that in fact the video is genuine.
Since in the case of Fake's appeal, we suggested that the creators of the fake took advantage of the Cameo service, we checked whether Tyson was registered there. It turned out that the profile of the boxer is there too There isBut the video order function is temporarily inaccessible. Nevertheless, several past videos were published on the athlete's page, and one of them was addressed to the staff of the International Kindergarten Teddy Kids. In the frame, Tyson is captured in the same shirt as on the viral recording, and behind him the same interior. Probably, this video formed the basis of a fake - the creators only had to remove the original sound.
The earliest publication with the video about Tyson's appeal (of those that was able to track "verified") appeared July 27, 2023 at 12:26 pm Moscow time in the Telegram channel "DPR 🅉 Info 🇷🇺" (42,000 views). By our data, this channel was also the primary source of the spread of a fake video with Wood.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
** Russian authorities They think Deutsche Welle media that performs the functions of a foreign agent.
Photo on the cover: screenshot "Checked" / Mike Tyson (Cameo)
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