At the end of September, a video allegedly shot in the United States was encouraged on the Web - they welcomed the Ukrainian president on the screen. It is reported that due to a technical error, instead of the country's name on the media facade, the word urine (“urine” or “urine”) appeared. We checked the authenticity of the video.
Vladimir Zelensky Arrived In New York in the evening of September 18, 2023. “Further, important and rich days. The UN General Assembly, Summit of Sustainable Development, Security Council. Significant bilateral meetings have already been outlined ” - wrote President of Ukraine in his Telegram channel. The video, where, against the backdrop of the Ukrainian flag, the phrase Glory to urine (“Glory to the urine”) was written, spread on September 21. The most frequent description of the video says: “In New York,“ Glory to the Urine ”was written on the Ukrainian flag. A greeting on the big screen appeared in the city, but instead of Glory to Ukraine ("Glory to Ukraine"), Glory to Urine was written on the flag. The company-the owner of the screen explained that the error occurred due to the program that compared the yellow color with the inscription "Ukraine" (Ukraine) and automatically corrected the closest consonant word-urine ("urine"). Often Found Addition: “The installer did not notice changes, and the video with the word“ urine ”fell on a huge screen.”
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in her Telegram channel (333,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) wrote: “Glory to Urine”-such a video welcomed the president of Ukraine in New York. Not a fake. Moreover, all this is on a yellow background and with a photograph of Zelensky. Apparently, they know something. ” The words of the official quoted publications "News","Tsargrad","Arguments and facts","Sight" And "Reginum". Among other media and news sites that wrote about the alleged error on the media facade in New York, there are television channels "NTV","Moscow 24" And "360","Moscow Komsomolets","Russian newspaper","Ukraine.ru","TV Center" Eadaily, "The voice of the people","Notebook" And "ZOV Kherson".
According to the TGSTAT service, by the time of writing this text, the posts about the viral video in Telegram have gained more than 5 million views - the video told, in particular, the channels ""Live broadcast"(625,000 views),"Ne. Sahar"(253,000),"Uncle Glory"(189 000),"Putin in Telegram"(155,000),"Observer"(152 000),"Gasparyan"(137 000), Voblya (121,000), "Ostashko! Important"(102 000),"The first folk"(99,000),"Zlaya Pruf"(97 000),"Bullet"(96 000),"Scott Ritter in Telegram"(81 000) and"Kostyan Cat - Official Channel"(79,000). The video spread widely in X (formerly Twitter). For example, only one English -language tweet of the pro -Russian blogger Sprinter Sicked 1.4 million views (other examples here, here And here). Also, video posts are found on VKontakte (here, here, here, here And here) And Livejournal, on YouTube And "Picabu".
The earliest publication of those that managed to track "verified" appeared in the Telegram channel "Why are women kill *Okolov"(4200 views) September 21 at 14:04 Moscow time. At the same time, at the end of the post there is a hashtag #proposal, which means that the material supposedly sent a subscriber (this popular Face spread method). Less than an hour later, at 15:01, in the channel "Sheikh Tamir"(111,000 views) In addition to the video, an Instagram screenshot*-storiz with an apology of Clear Channel Outdoor, which is allegedly responsible for the screen, which showed the alleged greeting with an error, appeared.
Clear Channel Outdoor brings deep apology for the technical mistake that arose during the demonstration of the video on one of the company's screens in New York. The error occurred due to the update of the software, including the intellectual system for distinguishing the graphic material (color) and text.
Since “verified” regularly monitors the publications of Telegram channels, previously caught on the spread of misinformation (and “Sheikh Tamir" - one of them), we checked the presence of a story in Instagram Clear Channel Outdoor five minutes after the screenshot on September 21. However, there was no such publication in the company's profile, although the story was allegedly placed 14 hours ago and was supposed to be displayed for about 10 hours.
“Verified” did not find a single English -language authoritative news media that would write about the alleged error on the screen, which is strange, given the virality of the roller and the resonance provoked by it. At the same time, in the upper right corner of the viral recording is the logo of the Fox News Digital platform, which previously used In a fake video about Zelensky from New York. Our colleagues from Snopes Contacted With the representative of the Fox News television channel, who said that they did not publish such a video. In addition, on the network they distribute the same video recording and screenshot Storiz, that is, there are no other photos and/or video evidence of the incident, although the video was shot in a busy place and would hardly be left without the attention of passers-by. All these factors, as well as the fact that initially the record appeared in Russian-speaking Telegram channels, already indicate that it could be fabricated.
As for the place captured in the video, this is really New York. “Verified” found out that the screen of interest to us is on the building, located At the intersection of the eighth Avenue and the forty -second street. However, according to the logo under the screen, the operator of this media facade is not Clear Channel Outdoor, but Big Outdoor, which is also indicated On her site. We wrote to the Big Outdoor press service, sending a viral video and its screenshot, and received a response from the main legal adviser of the company Erin Watkins: “We confirm that the copy shown in the photo and video was not placed on our signs. Images are a 100 percent fake. ”
After the video dispersed in English, some users of the X social networks on the same day went to the media facade that interests us and published their pictures and videos of the place for September 21. For example, Markian Kuzmovichengaged in the analysis of digital threats in Microsoft, Laid pair photo And one video clipat the same time indicatingthat the intersection differs from how it is shown on a viral recording. For example, there are no logos on the dispersed video on the building on the left, although now there is a McDonald's restaurant. Also, on a viral record under the screen, building structures are visible, which are not in the photo of Kuzmovich. The same intersection was also visited by the senior reporter NBC News Ben Collins, illuminating the spread of fakes. Journalist Recorded From there, a video where Ironically praised American builders and entrepreneurs who managed to change the location in a few hours and open several new enterprises there.
Thus, a video with a phrase Glory to Urine on a media facade is a fake. According to the press service of Fox News, the channel did not publish such a video, and the representative of the screenwriter company called the viral recording with a 100 percent fake. At the same time, the authors of the fake fed the story of the wrong company. Previously, “verified” already disassembled similar fakes about other videos with Zelensky from New York (here, here And here) And Tokyo.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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