In early December 2023, a video spread in social networks, which was allegedly shown in the center of New York. The video was attended by the phrases “with Kiev is all over” and “will the Russians stop or go further?” We checked the authenticity of this record.
On December 9, Telegram said that on the screen in New York they show an advertisement for the Political Briefing program CNN. In the video accompanying publications, headlines about the end of Kyiv and the promotion of Russian troops are flashing. At the end - the announcement of the show itself. This, in particular, wrote Telegram channels about this "NE.SAHAR"(254,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Solovyov"(253,000),"Putin in Telegram"(158 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(154,000) and"Ukraine.ru"(125 000).
Video about the imminent end of Kyiv and the successes of Russia appeared against the background messages on disagreements between Ukrainian political and military leadership, as well as after numerous articles in American The media about the failed counterattack of Ukraine.
Political Briefing is weekly podcast, produced by CNN. It is conducted by a political observer of the TV channel David Calian, and Podkast itself is dedicated to the domestic policy of the United States. Here are the topics of the latest issues: the former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie and the election race (December 8th); The situation in the US Democratic Party before the election (December 1); Talk about the role of media in politics (November 24); primaries in the state of New Hampshire (November 17); sociological surveys and chances of democratic candidates for primaries (November 10). Among the earlier autumn episodes, it was also not possible to detect the issues completely dedicated to the war in Ukraine. In addition, the representative of CNN reported France Presse agency that the television company has nothing to do with the video dispersed on social networks.
The building on which the adhesive advertisement was supposedly placed, indeed, located on Times Square in New York, this is a facade hotel New York Marriott Marquis. Earlier, Russian Telegram channels have repeatedly published videos about the media facade in the same building: for example, oh Advertising with the phrase "Zelensky Is Peace Duke" And about the image, comparing Zelensky with a black hole.
Advertising on New York Marriott Marquis engaged Silvercast Media. Her representative declared AFP that the video with CNN advertising shown in the viral video is Fake.
Finally, Times Square is one of the most crowded places in New York and a popular object among tourists. Among other attractions, videos from New York Square are continuously broadcast on the site Earthcam. “Verified” watched the broadcasts on this portal over the past week and did not see a video with an advertisement for CNN podcast at the media facade. We can conclude that the authors of the fake, as in previous In cases, the digital method was applied either on the video previously posted in the open access, or on a specially shot video with a media facade on Times Square.
The earliest mention of the fake video we found in the Telegram channel "Olesya Loseva”(46,000 views), where the post with him was published on December 9 at 12:01 Moscow time. This Telegram channel is more than once mentioned "Checked" in parsing Fakes.
Thus, we have the next fake from a series of images, the purpose of which is to show the disappointment of the United States in the President of Ukraine or in general in the help of this country. CNN and the company - the owner of the screen deny that such a video is related to them. It was not possible to find any traces of such advertising outside the pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and other similar resources.
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