{"id":1618765,"date":"2022-08-22T09:42:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618765"},"modified":"2022-08-22T09:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:42:28","slug":"fact-check-did-the-papua-new-guinea-post-courier-publish-a-letter-criticizing-liz-truss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-papua-new-guinea-post-courier-publish-a-letter-criticizing-liz-truss\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier Publish A Letter Criticizing Liz Truss?"},"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\">28<\/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-papua-new-guinea-post-courier-publish-a-letter-criticizing-liz-truss%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=1618765&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\/GettyImages-633307390-scaled-e1660760622105.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=7679036108833931&amp;set=a.122573887813562&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a screenshot of a letter published in the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier criticizing U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence the newspaper published such a letter. It appears to originate with a satirical Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Truss is the front-runner in the ongoing race to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boris-johnson-london-liz-truss-1f9992346ff2e86495b539c24e8232fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>. An image shared on Facebook claims she was recently the target of a scathing letter published by the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Liz Truss prepares to take charge, and distances herself from the administration she administrated by remaining relentlessly focused on turbocharging us with meaningless banalities, it seems quaint that Brexit was once thought the island\u2019s nadir,\u201d reads the letter in part. It goes on to criticize her for not being persuaded by data related to climate change and at one point refers to her as \u201cdense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier published such a letter. Check Your Fact searched the <a href=\"https:\/\/postcourier.com.pg\/?s=letter+from+london+from+our+own+correspondent#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newspaper\u2019s website<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/195574833918434\/search?q=Letter%20from%20London%20from%20Our%20Own%20Correspondent%20inflation%20energy%20climate%20change%20conservative%20leadership%20election%202022%20liz%20truss&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjJcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&amp;q=%22Letter%20from%20London%20from%20Our%20Own%20Correspondent%20inflation%20energy%20climate%20change%20conservative%20leadership%20election%202022%20liz%20truss%22%20(from%3ACourier_Post)%20lang%3Aen&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/postcourierlive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> but found no record of it. There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22Letter+from+London+from+Our+Own+Correspondent+inflation+energy+climate+change+conservative+leadership+election+2022+liz+truss%22&amp;oq=%22Letter+from+London+from+Our+Own+Correspondent+inflation+energy+climate+change+conservative+leadership+election+2022+liz+truss%22&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.857j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> about such a letter being published by the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier or any other news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=papua+new+guinea+london+letter+from+our+own+correspondent&amp;oq=papua+new+guinea+london+letter+from+our+own+correspondent&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160j33i299.24654j1j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keyword search<\/a> reveals the post <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/secrettory12\/status\/1554150707510579203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originates<\/a> from the Twitter account @secrettory12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=the+secret+tory&amp;oq=the+s&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j46i131i433i512j46i433i512j69i60l3.1160j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A subsequent keyword search<\/a>\u00a0generates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thesecrettory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patreon profile<\/a> with the same name, noting it creates \u201csatire for the (w)ages.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/21\/fact-check-irish-article-icu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Irish Independent Publish This Article About A Dying Man\u2019s Last Words?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to a Papua New Guinea Post-Courier spokesperson for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a screenshot of a letter published in the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier criticizing U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.Verdict: False There is no evidence<\/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-1618765","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\/1618765","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=1618765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618765\/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=1618765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}