{"id":1090210,"date":"2021-12-06T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090210"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:28:34","slug":"fact-check-were-university-of-michigan-football-fans-featured-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-were-university-of-michigan-football-fans-featured-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Were University Of Michigan Football Fans Featured On The Cover Of Time Magazine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-were-university-of-michigan-football-fans-featured-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michiganfansforever\/photos\/a.1824339501125902\/3555377681355400\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 230 times purportedly shows a Time Magazine cover featuring University of Michigan football fans.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Time Magazine published such a cover. A spokesperson for the publication confirmed the cover is not authentic.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 27, the Michigan Wolverines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/32730347\/michigan-wolverines-vault-10-1-win-national-championship-upset-ohio-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upset<\/a> the Ohio State Buckeyes 42-27, ending Michigan\u2019s eight-game losing streak to Ohio, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/michigan-vs-ohio-state-score-takeaways-wolverines-eye-playoff-in-blasting-rivals-for-first-time-since-2011\/live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports<\/a>. After the game, fans stormed the field and celebrated, as can be seen in this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFBONFOX\/status\/1464696178260561923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> shared by the verified Twitter account of Fox College Football.<\/p>\n<p>Following the win, some social media users began sharing an image that appeared to show a Time Magazine cover dedicated to the team\u2019s victory. It features a picture of fans rushing the field along with text that reads, \u201cIt\u2019s Great. To Be. A Michigan Wolverine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image, however, is not an authentic Time Magazine cover. Check Your Fact searched the publication\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/vault\/year\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digital vault<\/a> but found nothing resembling the alleged cover. The post shared on Facebook also notably lacks Time Magazine\u2019s distinct red border. The most <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/magazine\/us\/6122380\/november-22nd-2021-vol-198-no-19-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent cover<\/a>, published on Nov. 22, was dedicated to Shannon Brewer and titled, \u201cThe Last Abortion Clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis image is not an authentic <span class=\"il\">TIME<\/span> <span class=\"il\">cover,\u201d confirmed a spokesperson for the publication in an email to Check Your Fact. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/09\/21\/fact-check-time-magazine-donald-trump-worst-president-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Time Magazine Publish A Cover Calling Donald Trump The \u2018Worst. President. Ever\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search reveals the photo used in the fake cover was originally posted online by a user on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MichiganWolverines\/comments\/r4hkuf\/snapped_this_pic_yesterday_feels_so_epic_first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Wolverines Reddit<\/a> page on Nov. 28. The post ended up amassing nearly 800 upvotes and received a top comment that reads, \u201cThis should be on the cover of TIME magazine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 230 times purportedly shows a Time Magazine cover featuring University of Michigan football fans.Verdict: False There is no evidence Time Magazine published such a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}