In December 2023, the media and Telegram channels reported that the name of the newborn resident of Tatarstan was the slang word, which is popular thanks to the series “The Word of the Boil”. We checked the veracity of such messages.
On December 7, the news began to spread through Telegram channels: the Nigmatullin family from Kazan decided to name her son Chushpan. This word in the recently released series "The Word of the Boil: Blood on the Asphalt" They called harmless excellent students. “Why did we choose such a name for our son? We watched the series with my wife and decided that such a name would give even more fun than, for example, Adidas (nickname of one of the main characters. - Approx. Ed.). After all, everyone likes the series, and he is also about our native Kazan, ”the words of the child’s father quote in some publications.
According to the TGSTAT service, in Telegram posts on this subject looked at a total of more than 4 million times. The channels shared the news among others "The word of the kid"(561,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Last news"(294 000),"Trukha⚡️The is 18+"(293,000),"Eggplant"(287 000),"All -seeing Eye 🇺🇦 Ukraine | News"(273,000),"Lighthouse"(151 000),"Putin in Telegram"(144,000) and"Navalny cowards"(144 000). Talked about newborn Chushpan and the media, including Metro, News.ru, "Komsomolskaya Truth" Prokazan And "The main regional".
The series published in November on Russian Streaming "The word of the kid: Blood on the asphalt»Talks about the youth gangs that existed in Kazan in the 1980s. The main character of the tape is a quiet and diligent schoolboy who is not included in any groups (such guys “boys” in the series are called Chushpans). "Word of the kid" is partially based on book Kazan journalist Robert Garayev, who in his youth for a short time himself entered one of the gangs.
“The Word of the Boil” even before the release of the final series became megapopular, received high ratings of the audience and critics, revived the discussions about the romanticization of violence and attracted the attention of the Russian authorities. Head of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Paternity, Motherhood and Childhood Nina Ostanina I asked The Investigative Committee and Roskomnadzor to ban the show of the series, because the teenagers who watched it "are trying to copy ... illegal actions." At the same time, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, without mentioning the name of the tape, Called Ukrainians do not watch the "word of the kid", because it "spreads the violence and aesthetics inherent in the aggressor country." About a possible ban They said and representatives of the authorities of Kazakhstan.
The earliest publication about a child allegedly born in Kazan named Chushpan, who was able to find “verified” thanks to the TGSTAT service, - fastDisked on December 7 at 12:31 pm Moscow time in the Telegram channel "Empire Very Evil" (49,000 views). The text gives the details that other media quoted in further: the number of the hospital, the surname of the parents, the commentary of the father, etc.
However, the media and Telegram channels did not read the news description The profile of the channel “Empire is very evil”, where it is said: “Caution, a fake and a hard satire are possible. Written is an artistic fiction, all coincidences are random. ” The very next day the author of the channel Published A selection of screenshots of publications where his post was given for real news. “It was a glorious hunt,” the signature says.
Initially, the satirical news published in the channel “The Empire is Very Evil” is not the first to diverge through the media and social networks under the guise of real ones. "Verified" already disassembled similar cases with messages about Theft of hours Alla Pugacheva and O statement Actresses Maria Shukshina that the Himars volley fire systems used in the Ukrainian army are allegedly brought to the coordinates of people vaccinated from coronavirus.
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