{"id":1431342,"date":"2022-04-11T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431342"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:29:40","slug":"fact-check-did-cnn-air-a-chyron-stating-elon-musk-could-threaten-free-speech-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-cnn-air-a-chyron-stating-elon-musk-could-threaten-free-speech-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Air A Chyron Stating Elon Musk Could \u2018Threaten Free Speech On Twitter\u2019?"},"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\">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-cnn-air-a-chyron-stating-elon-musk-could-threaten-free-speech-on-twitter%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=1431342&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\/?fbid=10227104585780463&#038;set=a.10205610290276509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a CNN chyron that reads, \u201cElon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by allowing people to speak freely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image originated from a satirical website. A CNN spokesperson confirmed that the image was not aired on the network.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Musk recently purchased a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, becoming its largest individual shareholder, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/04\/business\/twitter-elon-musk-directors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. The Tesla CEO decided not to join the company\u2019s board of directors April 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/11\/elon-musk-decides-not-to-join-twitter-board-says-ceo-parag-agrawal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> reported, contrary to earlier reports suggesting he would.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook suggests CNN recently reported on these developments. It shows what appears to be a screen grab from a CNN news segment that features anchor Don Lemon, an image of Musk and a chyron that reads, \u201cElon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by allowing people to speak freely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image and chyron are digitally fabricated. There are no articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/search?q=elon+musk+free+speech+twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u2019s website<\/a> that feature the wording as shown in the chyron, nor has there been any discussion of Musk\u2019s stake in Twitter in recent episodes of Lemon\u2019s show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/cnn-tonight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Lemon Tonight<\/a>,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transcripts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a doctored framegrab \u2013 even the font used in the chyron is the wrong style,\u201d said Bridget Leininger, a CNN spokesperson, in an email to Check Your Fact. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/10\/19\/fact-check-cnn-chyron-viruses-nigerians-coronavirus-sars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did CNN Air This Chyron About \u2018Two Deadly Viruses\u2019 Killing Nigerians?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed the image <a href=\"https:\/\/genesiustimes.com\/cnn-elon-musk-could-threaten-free-speech-on-twitter-by-literally-allowing-people-to-speak-freely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originated<\/a> with an April 5 article published on the satirical website <a href=\"https:\/\/genesiustimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genesius Times<\/a>, which identifies itself as \u201cThe most reliable source of fake news on the planet.\u201d While the Genesius Times discloses the satirical nature of its content, many social media posts shared the fabricated image without noting its satirical origins.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Musk\u2019s stake in the company has been the subject of misinformation. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/06\/fact-check-twitter-employee-resignation-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim that suggested a Twitter employee had submitted his resignation over his refusal to work with the billionaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a CNN chyron that reads, \u201cElon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by allowing people to speak freely.\u201dVerdict: False The image originated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431342","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\/1431342","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431342\/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=1431342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}