In February 2024, the media and social networks reported that the author of the bestseller “Deceive me, if you can” analyzed the behavior of the widow of Alexei Navalny and drew attention to her “strange smile” during the press statement. We checked whether Ekman asserted this.
The first messages about the death of the politician Alexei Navalny in a special regime colony appeared February 16, 2024 and found his wife Julia in Munich, where the International Security Conference was held. During his performance for the press Navalny notedthat at that time she had no reason to trust the Russian state sources who told about her husband’s death, and urged the world to rally against Vladimir Putin and his regime. Subsequently, she Confirmed Information about the death of the spouse.
The next day, February 17, numerous posts appeared on social networks that the psychologist Paul Ekman, the prototype of the prototype of the prototype of the series “Deceiving Me”, analyzed the behavior of Navalny during her speech in Munich and drew attention to facial expressions, supposedly outstanding joy and relief. “The reaction of Julia Navalny is not a woman’s reaction who recently learned about the death of her beloved husband. Before us is a powerful woman who, after the death of her husband, finally received all the attention of this world. This she wanted this to speak only about her ”-the majority of Telegram channels gives such a quote from Ekman. Many such publications are accompanied by video.
According to the TGSTAT service, at the time of writing this analysis, such posts in Telegram scored a total of about 1.5 million views. They appeared in the channels "KB"(271,000 views),"Uncle Glory"(208 000), Voblya (155,000), "Sheikh Tamir"(149,000),"The first folk"(128 000),"Rosich | Rosich"(104 000),"Evil rabbit 18+"(55,000),"NOT ZLI Russian Medwede"(53,000),"Signal"(44,000) and others. In addition, the television channel was told about the analysis of Ekman"Tsargrad","Notebook" Topress, also similar posts gain tens of thousands of views on VKontakte (examples here, here And here), "Zen" (here And here) and social networks X (here, here And here). English -language tweet of the pro -Russian account Zlatti71 I scored almost 330,000 views.
In a viral video, for almost two minutes it is shown several times several times, as before the start of his speech at the Munich conference, Navalny as if She smiled those present in the hall. English -speaking credits in the video say the following:
Paul Ekman: Julia Navalny could not restrain joy and relief.
The psychologist of the University of California Paul Ekman was surprised by the reaction of Julia Navalny to the news of the death of his wife. The author of the book Telling Lies Paul Ekman commented on the speech of Julia Navalny at the Munich Security Conference after the news of the death of Alexei Navalny in the Russian prison. “The reaction of Julia Navalny is not a woman’s reaction who recently learned about the death of her beloved spouse,” said Paul Ekman. The psychologist added that the layman Julia Navalny may seem nervous. However, the specialist believes that this is not so. “I have been studying human reactions for 30 years. And I can say with confidence that in front of us is a powerful woman who, after the death of her husband, finally received all the attention of the world, says the psychologist. “This is what she wanted - so that the whole world speaks only about her.” The thirst for attention and power of Julia Navalny breaks through the mask of sorrow at the very beginning of her performance. “The first seconds give out this. Julia Navalny could not restrain joy and relief. This is the face of a person who finally came out of the shadow of his spouse, and it pleases her very much, ”added Paul Ekman. - There is no one else to share the general attention with. This is what she dreamed about. Now she is truly happy. " Paul Ekman devoted more than 30 years to study the theory of fraud and is a leading world expert in this area. He also acted as a consultant and prototype of the protagonist of the famous television series “Deceiving Me”.
In the upper right corner of the video is the logo of the American psychological association (APA), and in the closing screensaver, the audience is also invited to read the full version of the story in the new issue of the Monitor On Psychology from APA. However, “verified” did not find a similar article about Navalny site publications, neither in any other authoritative media, nor on official resources Paul Ekman Group. In addition, there was no recording with the words of Ekman himself, but only archival materials with the weeded credits were used.
Rain TV channel Turned The press service of the psychologist received a response from the representatives of Ekman: “Thank you for contacting us and shared their gratitude for the work of Dr. Ekman, but our work does not include consultations on personal, legal or political issues. The EKMan Group policy also provides for abstinence from comments regarding the veracity and/or non -verbal behavior of other people. ”
In turn, “verified” studied the viral video and found in it signs of fake. So, the ending with the proposal to read the full version of the history in the journal is found only in a certain type of APA rollers-for example, in the YouTube channel of their associations Lay out In shorts format. Earlier organization talked With more than a hundred psychologists, they learned from them what problems they have to encounter in 2024 - similar videos are devoted to these topics. However, they were all voiced by a female voice, last about half a minute and begin with a special screensaver, which differs on a viral record (there is no inscription 2024 Trends, another font is used). “Verified” sent a request to the APA press service with a request to comment on the video about Ekman and Navalny, but at the time of publication of this text there was no answer.
Thus, Paul Ekman did not give a public comment in which he analyzed the behavior of Julia Navalny a few hours after she found out about her husband’s death. On the network, they distributed another fake video, mimic For the plot of an authoritative Western publication.
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