Fact Check: Is This Photo of Kim Jong Un’s Funeral Real?
Polygraph.info fact checks whether rumors circulating about Kim Jong Un's funeral are real or not. Reports about Kim’s possible critical condition following a surgery as well as speculations about his death have been circulating in both mainstream and social media since mid-April. ––––––––– READ MORE: The photo of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s body lying in state went viral on Twitter on Saturday, April 25. Hundreds liked and shared the purported “funeral image,” sourced to “JNN News.” Several posts claimed the image was proof that he had died. The photo is a fake. Reports about Kim’s possible critical condition after a surgery and speculations about his death have been circulating in both mainstream and social media since mid-April. With Pyongyang mostly silent, experts and politicians worldwide engaged in a guessing game: some assuring Kim was either ill or dead, others claiming the opposite. Speculation went into a frenzy after Hong Kong Satellite Television News reported that Kim Jong Un died early Saturday morning, April 25. The hashtag “KIMJONGUNDEAD” trended No. 1 in the United States that day. Twitter user @kingwithin, posted a photograph taken of the image on a flatscreen, as if it were taken during a “JNN News” broadcast. The post captioned “Kim Jong Un is dead! – pic” received 358 likes and 97 retweets. ––––––––– LINK: https://ift.tt/2VUoLlA
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Polygraph.info fact checks whether rumors circulating about Kim Jong Un's funeral are real or not. Reports about Kim’s possible critical condition following a surgery as well as speculations about his death have been circulating in both mainstream and social media since mid-April. ––––––––– READ MORE: The photo of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s body lying in state went viral on Twitter on Saturday, April 25. Hundreds liked and shared the purported “funeral image,” sourced to “JNN News.” Several posts claimed the image was proof that he had died. The photo is a fake. Reports about Kim’s possible critical condition after a surgery and speculations about his death have been circulating in both mainstream and social media since mid-April. With Pyongyang mostly silent, experts and politicians worldwide engaged in a guessing game: some assuring Kim was either ill or dead, others claiming the opposite. Speculation went into a frenzy after Hong Kong Satellite Television News reported that Kim Jong Un died early Saturday morning, April 25. The hashtag “KIMJONGUNDEAD” trended No. 1 in the United States that day. Twitter user @kingwithin, posted a photograph taken of the image on a flatscreen, as if it were taken during a “JNN News” broadcast. The post captioned “Kim Jong Un is dead! – pic” received 358 likes and 97 retweets. ––––––––– LINK: https://ift.tt/2VUoLlA
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