{"id":1597737,"date":"2022-08-09T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597737"},"modified":"2022-08-09T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:40:18","slug":"fact-check-did-cnn-report-the-russians-gave-brittney-griner-a-dna-test-to-determine-her-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-cnn-report-the-russians-gave-brittney-griner-a-dna-test-to-determine-her-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Report The Russians Gave Brittney Griner A DNA Test To Determine Her Gender?"},"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\">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-cnn-report-the-russians-gave-brittney-griner-a-dna-test-to-determine-her-gender%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=1597737&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\/2022-08-04T152647Z_1962057973_RC2QPV93RPQ1_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-USA-GRINER-TRIAL-scaled-e1659989002849.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elliott.wimberly\/posts\/pfbid026EAFnVAa6UCiqwrxzB36YKY8afxgEY9FSZTH52XQScXdXxArmL4QjayhK2nLP1Ljl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims CNN reported that Russian officials ordered professional women\u2019s basketball player Brittney Griner to undergo a DNA test to determine her gender.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally fabricated. A spokesperson for CNN denied that the network aired such a story about Griner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison on Aug. 4 for drug trafficking after being found with less than one gram of cannabis oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/04\/europe\/brittney-griner-trial\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. The U.S. is reportedly considering a prisoner swap with Russia that could see Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan released in exchange for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who is currently imprisoned in the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/us-prisoner-swap-griner-whelan-russia-ambassador\/story?id=88039193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image appears to show a screen grab of a CNN broadcast about Griner allegedly receiving a DNA test to determine which Russian prison she would go to. The image shows a CNN anchor alongside an image of Griner being led away in handcuffs. \u201cDNA test ordered by officials to determine male or female prison,\u201d reads a chyron visible at the bottom of the photo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN is reporting that Brittney Griner was subjected to a DNA test to determine if she will go to an all male prison or she will go to an all female prison in Russia,\u201d reads part of the image\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>The post is digitally fabricated. No such report appears on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/search?q=brittney+griner+given+dna+test+to+determine+if+she%27ll+go+to+all+male+or+all+female+russian+prison&#038;from=0&#038;size=10&#038;page=1&#038;sort=newest&#038;types=all&#038;section=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u2019s official website<\/a> or its verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/5550296508\/search?q=brittney%20griner%20given%20dna%20test%20to%20determine%20whether%20she%27ll%20go%20to%20all%20male%20or%20all%20female%20prison%20in%20russia&#038;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjJcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22brittney%20griner%20given%20DNA%20test%20to%20determine%20whether%20she%27ll%20be%20sent%20to%20all%20male%20or%20all%20female%20prison%20in%20russia%22%20(from%3ACNN)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cnn\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. Check Your Fact also found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cnn+aired+segment+brittney+griner+dna+test+male+or+female+prison&#038;oq=cnn+aired+segment+brittney+griner+dna+test+male+or+female+prison&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.12776j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to suggest such a segment ever aired on the network.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/tineye.com\/search\/03d706c244ecf75f7f89242c34bec6296be2dac6?sort=score&#038;order=desc&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reverse image search<\/a> reveals a template featuring the photo of the anchor has been used to generate a <a href=\"https:\/\/pesacheck.org\/satire-cnn-did-not-report-a-ballistic-missile-was-found-in-hawassa-ethiopia-d29af286fe6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">variety<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MemeEconomy\/comments\/eyqwps\/invest_in_stating_the_obvious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">satirical<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/chynek253\/art\/Bill-on-the-news-874437821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> in the past. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/15\/fact-check-cnn-russian-invasion-putin-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did CNN Air This Chyron About Putin Waiting To Invade Ukraine Until Biden Sends Weapons \u2018For Russia To Capture\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis post is fabricated,\u201d said Bridget Leininger, a spokesperson, in an email to Check Your Fact.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/29\/fact-check-cnn-arizona-gas-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim in June that used the same image to suggest the network reported on Arizona executing convicted child molesters in \u201ca holocaust-like gas chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims CNN reported that Russian officials ordered professional women\u2019s basketball player Brittney Griner to undergo a DNA test to determine her gender.Verdict: False The image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"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-1597737","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\/1597737","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\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597737\/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=1597737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}