{"id":1478800,"date":"2022-05-17T21:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478800"},"modified":"2022-05-17T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:29:45","slug":"fact-check-did-the-washington-post-publish-this-article-about-a-homophobic-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-washington-post-publish-this-article-about-a-homophobic-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Washington Post Publish This Article About A \u2018Homophobic Dog\u2019?"},"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\">26<\/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-washington-post-publish-this-article-about-a-homophobic-dog%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=1478800&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\/horizondokuroi\/posts\/5352700614776346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows an article from The Washington Post titled, \u201cThis dog is the new face of online homophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally fabricated. There is no record of the outlet publishing such an article.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photos of a white dachshund named Whitney Chewston have been posted to the internet with homophobic phrases superimposed onto them, according to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/homophobic-dog-not-too-fond-of-gay-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know Your Meme<\/a>. The first iteration of the trend appeared in March 2021, the website reported.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horizondokuroi\/posts\/5352700614776346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shared on Facebook, garnering over 790 reactions, appears to show a screenshot of a Washington Post article on the dog titled, \u201cThis dog is the new face of online homophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1526285265261711361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retweeted<\/a> by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/505707-press-secretary-christina-pushaw-it-was-my-personal-account-and-i-was-tweeting-off-work-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christina Pushaw<\/a>. \u201cMore cutting edge journalism from the 49 year old Washington Post activist infamous for showing up masked on random people\u2019s doorsteps &#038; sliding into the DMs of tiktok teenagers,\u201d reads the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally fabricated. No such article appears on the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/search\/?query=homophobic+dog&#038;btn-search=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=homophobic%20dog%20(from%3Awashingtonpost)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/6250307292\/search\/?q=homophobic%20dog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> accounts. There is likewise no mention of the alleged article on the dog\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/whitney_chewston\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed the fabricated screenshot first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mailprivilege\/status\/1526064390176395265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> May 15. The user published a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mailprivilege\/status\/1526429274651013120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> May 17 identifying the image as satirical, writing, \u201cIt has come to my attention that Ron DeSantis\u2019 press secretary has stolen my edit out of an inability to differentiate between satire and reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It has come to my attention that Ron DeSantis\u2019 press secretary has stolen my edit out of an inability to differentiate between satire and reality, please share your collection of dog memes under her post:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsCzNNVs5t\">https:\/\/t.co\/EsCzNNVs5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chuck (@mailprivilege) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mailprivilege\/status\/1526429274651013120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor Lorenz, the alleged author of this article, dismissed it as a fake on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz\/status\/1526253799366479873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1526253799366479873%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Ffactcheck-wp-dog-idUSL2N2X929P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, commenting, \u201cThis meme is funny but sadly I\u2019ve been booked up on bigger news, this screenshot is fake.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/18\/fact-check-washington-post-china-trees-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Washington Post Publish An Article About China \u2018Forcing\u2019 New Trees To Exist?<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This meme is funny but sadly I\u2019ve been booked up on bigger news, this screenshot is fake \ud83d\ude0c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBjHtWxR3U\">https:\/\/t.co\/HBjHtWxR3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz\/status\/1526253799366479873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to the Washington Post for comment and will update this piece if a response is received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows an article from The Washington Post titled, \u201cThis dog is the new face of online homophobia.\u201dVerdict: False The image is digitally fabricated. 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