{"id":1216563,"date":"2022-01-14T14:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216563"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:19:22","slug":"fact-check-did-the-cincinnati-bengals-tweet-about-not-selling-tickets-to-las-vegas-raiders-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-cincinnati-bengals-tweet-about-not-selling-tickets-to-las-vegas-raiders-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Cincinnati Bengals Tweet About Not Selling Tickets To Las Vegas Raiders Fans?"},"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\">32<\/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-did-the-cincinnati-bengals-tweet-about-not-selling-tickets-to-las-vegas-raiders-fans%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=1216563&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\/photo.php?fbid=358429506287907&amp;set=a.127856926011834&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from the Cincinnati Bengals NFL team telling their fans not to sell tickets to Las Vegas Raiders fans.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The screen grab has been fabricated. A spokesperson for the Bengals confirmed the tweet is fake.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post, which has garnered over 4,900 reactions, shows a screen grab of an alleged tweet from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bengals<\/a>\u2018 official Twitter account that encourages their fans to not sell any tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raiders<\/a> fans for their next home game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur organization has raised prices due to @Raiders fans buying most of our tickets. We ask our fans not to sell [tickets] to any Raiders fans. There is already a shortage of tickets,\u201d the supposed tweet says in part. It also includes an image of the Bengals logo along with the team\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/2022\/01\/03\/who-dey-think-they-know-how-bengals-chant-started\/9078342002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who Dey<\/a>\u201d slogan. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/06\/fact-check-michigan-wolverines-time-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Were University Of Michigan Football Fans Featured On The Cover Of Time Magazine?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence, however, to suggest this tweet was published by the Bengals. Such a message cannot be found on the Bengals\u2019 official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=apologize%20(from%3Abengals)&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account. Nothing resembling it could be found on the team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/90555643415\/search\/?q=apologize%20raiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> page or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> either. The Raiders\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/news\/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> page and its official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=apologize%20(from%3Araiders)&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/117307284966434\/search\/?q=apologize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> likewise make no mention of the alleged tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet also appears to exceed Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.twitter.com\/en\/docs\/counting-characters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">280-character limit<\/a>, another indicator that it has been fabricated. Emily Parker, director of communications for the Bengals, confirmed via phone to Check Your Fact that the tweet is fake.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals will be playing against the Raiders at Paul Brown Stadium on Jan. 15, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/2022-nfl-playoff-odds-picks-line-bengals-vs-raiders-prediction-wild-card-bets-from-expert-whos-38-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports<\/a>, as part of the NFL\u2019s 2022 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-announces-super-wild-card-weekend-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Super Wild Card Weekend<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from the Cincinnati Bengals NFL team telling their fans not to sell tickets to Las Vegas Raiders fans.Verdict: False The screen &#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-1216563","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\/1216563","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=1216563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216563\/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=1216563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}