A digitally altered photo of a headline from a Guardian article was falsely attributed to the newspaper and shared on social media. Context:On April 12, 2022, actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard went on trial in a defamation case brought by Depp over a Washington Post article written by Heard in 2018. Recent social media posts claim that the Guardian published an article by Moira Donegan with the headline “The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial was the female holocaust.” The post had a photo of the purported headline and Donegan’s face at the bottom. Proving, of course, that they’re not at all susceptible to disinformation.”Verdict:The photo in the social media post altered the headline of the article. The original article was an opinion piece that does not refer to a female holocaust but instead discusses how the Depp-Heard trial was misogynistic and unfair.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2022 14:43 UTC