{"id":1421874,"date":"2022-04-06T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421874"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:00:32","slug":"fact-check-did-the-irish-examiner-report-that-referee-whistles-may-be-causing-heart-problems-in-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-irish-examiner-report-that-referee-whistles-may-be-causing-heart-problems-in-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Irish Examiner Report That Referee Whistles May Be Causing \u2018Heart Problems\u2019 In Athletes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-irish-examiner-report-that-referee-whistles-may-be-causing-heart-problems-in-athletes%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=1421874&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><span>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cheri.roulston\/posts\/10221635256493194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows an<\/span><span> article published by the Irish Examiner about a possible connection between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of the Irish Examiner publishing such a story. A spokesperson for the outlet said the article was not genuine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The image shows what appears to be a headline from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Examiner<\/a> that reads, \u201cReferee whistles may be cause to sudden increase in heart problems among sports players experts say.\u201d The subheadline goes on to claim the discovery was made \u201cafter a number of sports players have had incidents on the pitch\u201d and notes that \u201cAll incidents are non vaccine related.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image does not show a genuine article from the outlet. No such headline or story could be found on the publication\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/search\/?cosearch=whistle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, or on its verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IrishExaminer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishexaminer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> pages. Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Referee+whistles+may+be+cause+to+sudden+increase+in+heart+problems+among+sports+players+experts+say.&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Referee+whistles+may+be+cause+to+sudden+increase+in+heart+problems+among+sports+players+experts+say.&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.265j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about the alleged connection between whistles and heart problems in athletes.<\/p>\n<p><span>Irish Examiner Editor Tom Fitzpatrick told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-irishexaminer-altered\/fact-check-screenshot-purporting-to-show-irish-examiner-headline-reporting-that-referee-whistles-may-cause-sudden-heart-complications-in-athletes-is-digitally-altered-idUSL1N2UM1G2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters,<\/a> \u201cno such article has ever been published by the Irish Examiner.\u201d <strong>(<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/25\/fact-check-daily-mirror-vibrators-heart-attack-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RELATED: Did The Daily Mirror Report That Sex Toys Are Linked To Heart Attacks In Women?)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/oem.bmj.com\/content\/73\/1\/34.short?rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0735109717419309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">studies<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandheartlab.com\/blog\/the-sound-of-heart-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> a link between being exposed to loud noises over an extended period of time and heart issues, there is no evidence any experts have directly linked referee whistles to heart problems in athletes. Check Your Fact found no such <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&#038;as_sdt=0%2C22&#038;q=referee+whistle+heart+problem+athlete&#038;btnG=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">academic study<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Referee+whistles+may+be+cause+to+sudden+increase+in+heart+problems+among+sports+players+experts+say.&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Referee+whistles+may+be+cause+to+sudden+increase+in+heart+problems+among+sports+players+experts+say.&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.265j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news report<\/a> to support the claim.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake news headline has suggested medical experts recently discovered an alleged connection between mundane activities and heart problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/15\/fact-check-bbc-news-heart-attack-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> recently debunked a fake BBC News headline that claimed a new study found breathing \u201ctoo many times\u201d could increase the likelihood of a fatal heart attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows an article published by the Irish Examiner about a possible connection between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes.\u00a0Verdict: False There is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"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-1421874","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\/1421874","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\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421874\/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=1421874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}