{"id":1589444,"date":"2022-08-04T16:10:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589444"},"modified":"2022-08-04T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:10:59","slug":"fact-check-did-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-about-straight-men-ending-the-stigma-surrounding-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-about-straight-men-ending-the-stigma-surrounding-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Atlantic Publish This Article About Straight Men Ending \u2018The Stigma\u2019 Surrounding Monkeypox?"},"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-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-about-straight-men-ending-the-stigma-surrounding-monkeypox%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=1589444&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-02T040632Z_1_LYNXMPEI71032_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-MONKEYPOX-INDIA-scaled-e1659557716649.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>An image <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02zVHSv7zjxPkk3g6SLhMiBcpVptr7iwQZu96jM5NtDAsHfdk3Z4Zd6q93r2HWG8iNl&#038;id=100083516545414\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> purportedly shows an article from The Atlantic about straight men being in a position to \u201cend the stigma surrounding monkey pox.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Verdict: False<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot is digitally fabricated. There is no evidence to suggest The Atlantic or any other news organization published such an article.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several states, including California and New York, have declared monkeypox a \u201cpublic health emergency\u201d due to a spike in cases, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/08\/01\/california-monkeypox-emergency-newsom-00049166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently advised men who have intercourse with other men to limit their sexual partners to mitigate the spread of the virus, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/who-monkeypox-men-sex-with-reduce-gay-bi-sexual-partners-2022-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image appears to show a screenshot of an article from The Atlantic titled \u201cMy First Gay Orgy,\u201d attributed to a writer by the name of Tom Nichols. \u201cStraight Men Are In A Unique Position To End The Stigma Surrounding Monkey Pox,\u201d reads the alleged subhead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You need to have gay sex in order to make people feel better about monkeypox\u2019 Literally why? What kind of backwards logic is this?\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/28\/fact-check-thejournalie-monkeypox-article\/\"><b>(RELATED: Did TheJournal.ie Publish This Article About Monkeypox Living On Surfaces For Up To 120 Years?)<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The image is digitally fabricated. The alleged article cannot be found on The Atlantic\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/search\/?q=gay%20sex%20orgy%20straight%20men%20are%20in%20a%20unique%20position%20to%20end%20the%20stigma%20surrounding%20monkey%20pox\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span> or on any of its verified <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=my%20first%20gay%20orgy%20%20(from%3Atheatlantic)&#038;src=typed_query\"><span>social<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theatlantic\/\"><span>media<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/29259828486\/search\/?q=my%20first%20gay%20orgy\"><span>accounts<\/span><\/a><span>. There are likewise no <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=my+first+gay+orgy+straight+men+are+in+a+unique+position+to+end+the+stigma+surrounding+monkey+pox&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=722&#038;tbm=nws&#038;ei=FNHqYoPbLLGgiLMPt-qcsAk&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiDtcqmuKv5AhUxEGIAHTc1B5YQ4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=my+first+gay+orgy+straight+men+are+in+a+unique+position+to+end+the+stigma+surrounding+monkey+pox&#038;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MQAzoFCAAQkQI6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOggIABCxAxCDAToICAAQgAQQsQM6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6BwgAELEDEEM6DQgAEIAEELEDEIMBEAo6BQgAELEDOgUIABCABFCWDFjsjgNgwZADaANwAHgAgAGKAYgBozmSAQQ5NS4ymAEAoAEBsAEAwAEB&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-news\"><span>credible news reports<\/span><\/a><span> about The Atlantic or any other news outlet publishing such a headline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gay and bisexual men are at the highest risk of infection from the virus, accoridng to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/27\/monkeypox-who-recommends-gay-bisexual-men-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO<\/a>.\u00a0Experts traced one of the first outbreaks of monkeypox this year to two raves held in Spain and Belgium where gay and bisexual men engaged in sex, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/monkeypox-likely-spread-sex-two-raves-europe-expert-says-rcna30055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><span>Check Your Fact has reached out to a spokesperson for The Atlantic for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows an article from The Atlantic about straight men being in a position to \u201cend the stigma surrounding monkey pox.\u201dVerdict: False The screenshot 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-1589444","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\/1589444","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=1589444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589444\/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=1589444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}