At the end of July 2023, Charlie Hebdo and Ananda Vikatan publications appeared on the Web, ridicurating the fencer Olga Harlan and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. We decided to check if these are the real covers.
French magazine Charlie Hebdo
On July 29, the cover of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo began to spread on the network. The figure shows two fencers: one holds out a hand, the other, represented by deliberately ugly, waves a weapon. The signature reads: "The real pride of your country." This cover appeared two days after ending with a scandal A fight at the World Fencing World Cup between the Ukrainian Sabbiska Olga Harlan and Russians Anna Smirnova, who spoke under a neutral flag. Harlan won, but did not look at the opponent's hand, instead putting forward a saber forward. As a result, the outcome of the fight was upheld, but Harlan was disqualified for the refusal of handshake, mandatory according to the rules (subsequently the International fencing Federation suspended this decision). The allegedly new cover of Charlie Hebdo was reported, for example, Telegram channels "NE.SAHAR"(280,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Putin in Telegram"(184 000),"Mriya"(176 000) and"Sheikh Tamir"(132 000). Also placed the image and Telegram channel TV channel RT (120,000), who later deleted the post.
In the lower left corner on the distributed image it is indicated that this is No. 1619 of August 2, 2023. According to the archive on the official website of the magazine, the latest number that was released by that time is issue No. 1618 of July 26. Charlie Hebdo traditionally comes out in digital form on Wednesdays, and on paper appears in kiosks on Thursdays. That is, the new issue, indeed, was supposed to be released on August 2 at number 1619, but so early the magazine does not announce its covers.
The last number of Charlie Hebdo, available at the time of the first publication of the cover, was dedicated to a completely different topic, namely - polemic Around the court decision in Marseille, send under the arrest of a policeman accused of beating protesting during the riots in early July. In this drawing, a policeman hangs a judge on a tree and says: "Let us work!"
Unlike previous fake covers (for example, fake No. No. 1603, 1605 And 1614), the authors of this viral image tried to give their drawing the most plausible appearance: it does not have a note “special number” or technical errors in the barcode. This time there is even announcements of materials inside the number above the magazine.
However, the last detail allows you to confidently say that this is a fake. The font of these announcements, although it is remotely similar to the original, but differs from it. This is especially noticeable in the example of the same combinations of letters, for example, in the words of Parents and Paris.
In addition, on the fake cover in the lower right corner is the signature of the artist Pierrick Juen. But in Gallery There are no drawings of this permanent author Charlie Hebdo such a caricature, and in general, his drawings are made in a different style.
The primary source of the fake cover was the Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Where the post with the cover appeared on July 29 at 10:01 Moscow time (10,000 views). It is in this channel that the fake covers of foreign magazines and newspapers most often appear - in 25 cases out of 45, which became the subject of analysis of “verified”.
Indian magazine Ananda Vikatan
On July 29, Ananda Vikatan magazine cover appeared on the Web. It depicts Vladimir Zelensky in the image of Gollum, the character of Tolkien’s trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”, and the actor Elijah Wood, who played the protagonist in the film adaptation of a series of novels. In the hands of Zelensky syringes, pill packaging and a marijuana smoking device. The inscription in Tamil says: "No ring can hide the truth." This cover was reported, in particular, Telegram channels "Gasparyan"(56 000),"Ukr leaks"(21,000) and"Olesya Loseva"(12 000).
In the upper right corner of the covered cover, it is indicated that this is a number for August 2, 2023. Like Charlie Hebdo, Ananda Vikatan magazine is published once a week: for July 2023 Four numbers came out, the release for August 2 already Available On the site. Non in July or in August, the magazine was released with Zelensky, and the real number for August 2 looks different.
Above the name of the magazine on the distributed cover is written “Volume 98, a special issue”. Tom number is an end-to-end numbering that corresponds to the 98th year of the existence of Ananda Vikatan. However, the Indian publication has not had special numbers in recent months.
It is characteristic that the plot depicted on the distributed cover refers to another fake - treatment, who allegedly recorded for Zelensky Elijah Wood. On July 20, a video diverged on Russian Telegram channels, in which the actor expresses support to a certain Vladimir (he is called only by name), which suffers from drugs and alcohol. As already written “checked”, the authors of the fake used the service on which you can order a personal video for fans, and then created the fake account of the actor on Instagram, through which the video was distributed.
The primary source of the fake cover, as in the previous case, was the Telegram channel "Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation", Where the post with the cover appeared on July 29 at 10:01 Moscow time (10,000 views).
Photo on the cover: collage "Checked"
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