{"id":2269444,"date":"2024-06-17T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-showing-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-londons-regent-street-is-from-2022\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:24:46","slug":"fact-check-image-showing-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-londons-regent-street-is-from-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-showing-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-londons-regent-street-is-from-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: The image displaying LGBTQ+ pride flags on London&#8217;s Regent Street dates back to 2022"},"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\">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-image-showing-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-londons-regent-street-is-from-2022%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=2269444&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--><p>A misleading image shared on Facebook falsely claimed to \u2062show LGBTQ+ \u2063Pride flags on \u2063London&#8217;s Regent Street as part of 2024 \u2064D-Day commemorations. \u2063The image is actually\u200b from 2022 and shows\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-and-elaine-chao-got-rich-on-china\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao Got Rich on China\">flags displayed<\/a> during LGBTQ+ Pride month. English TV \u2062presenter James\u2062 May criticized the display as &#8220;authoritarian&#8221; and &#8220;oppressive.&#8221; The caption accompanying \u2064the Facebook post inaccurately criticized the use of Pride flags instead \u2062of commemorating\u2063 D-Day veterans. Fact-checking confirmed that the flags were from a 2022 event celebrating 50 years\u200c of Pride in the UK, \u2063and there is no \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corruption-gop-furious-as-hunter-biden-texts-show-he-paid-joes-bills-for-past-11-years\/\" title=\"GOP enraged over Hunter Biden texts revealing 11-year history of paying Joe's expenses\">evidence \u2063suggesting<\/a> that Pride flags have been \u200cused for\u200d D-Day commemorations in 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sally.arnold.144\/posts\/10233496116522912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purports to show LGBTQ+ Pride flags hanging on London\u2019s Regent Street in the U.K. as part of 2024 D-Day commemorations.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim is false, as the image is not recent. The image, which was originally shared on Shutterstock, shows LGBTQ+ Pride flags displayed on Regent Street in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>English television presenter James May has labeled LGBTQ+ Pride flags hanging on Regent Street in recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride month as \u201cauthoritarian\u201d and \u201coppressive,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2GHdV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a>. May made the remark in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-acting-dni-richard-grenell-says-impeachment-process-now-a-political-weapon\/\" title=\"Former Acting DNI Richard Grenell Says Impeachment Process Now a \u2018Political Weapon\u2019\">recent post<\/a> he shared on X, formerly Twitter, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image purports to show LGBTQ+ Pride flags hanging on Regent Street in the U.K. as part of 2024 D-Day commemorations. \u201cIt is D-Day and what flags to honour this are put up on Regent Street, London? These,\u201d the post\u2019s caption begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, celebrating how people choose to have sex and not celebrating people who sacrificed themselves to save the U.K. A disgrace @SadiqKhan,\u201d the caption continues. The post does not provide a source to support its claim.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is false, as the image is not recent. The image, which was originally shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/london-uk-july-07-2022-rainbow-2177754031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shutterstock<\/a>, shows LGBTQ+ Pride flags displayed on Regent Street in 2022. \u201cRainbow Intersex-Inclusive Pride flags hang above Regent Street in London in celebration of 50 years of Pride in the UK,\u201d the image\u2019s caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=7fb4d39484240f25&#038;sca_upv=1&#038;q=lgbtq%2B+pride+flags+hung+to+commemorate+d-day+in+2024+regent+street,+uk&#038;tbm=nws&#038;source=lnms&#038;fbs=AEQNm0BFzJJBokWCypWynESA-l_nQNjXnLRS-bE0pvWHFZ9SvvbD6U4s-dGWdvhfxrzmc14qzroXsTT6QAOuFPPisqGCX1pBvWkoPJ28ofNr8PCcO92cUgsbrKq6NHE8cGzdpC2pwkAmV0ZdPHpuUq4eFkwMaK6qmcXjs5iYyCXgiHwSE-AN_dcEMGmbpbar0ATtX8ZUk1u4jvBXD78vypglhyyRtTohOw&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiN5-nPm9uGAxU_lYkEHfgRBRsQ0pQJegQICxAB&#038;biw=1680&#038;bih=871&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> suggesting that LGBTQ+ Pride flags were displayed as part of 2024 D-Day commemorations in the U.K. Actually, the opposite is true. On June 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logicallyfacts.com\/en\/fact-check\/false-image-showing-pride-flags-from-2022-incorrectly-shared-as-being-from-the-day-of-d-day-commemorations-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logically Facts<\/a> reported the claim was false. In addition to tracing the image back to Shutterstock, the outlet cited reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2022\/06\/29\/london-flies-a-new-pride-flag-a-history-of-how-the-rainbow-flag-got-its-stripes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Euronews<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2022\/06\/22\/pride-rainbow-gets-inclusive-makeover-still-not-everyone-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a> indicating the flags were displayed in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, London Mayor Sadiq Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/media-centre\/mayors-press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has not<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22It%20is%20D%20Day%20and%20what%20flags%20to%20honour%20this%20are%20put%20up%20on%20Regent%20Street%2C%20London%3F%20These.%20%20Yes%2C%20celebrating%20how%20people%20choose%20to%20have%20sex%20and%20not%20celebrating%20people%20who%20sacrificed%20themselves%20to%20save%20the%20UK.%20A%20disgrace%20%40SadiqKhan%22%20(from%3AMayorofLondon)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicly commented<\/a> on the claim made via the Facebook post. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/12\/fact-check-post-nato-russian-cargo-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Post Claims NATO Shot Down Russian Cargo Plane)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a false claim has circulated online. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/13\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-zelenskyy-sitting-behind-a-pile-of-cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a social media post purporting to show a photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska sitting with a pile of cash.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Facebook image claims to show LGBTQ+ Pride flags on London\u2019s Regent Street for 2024 D-Day events. This is false. The photo, from Shutterstock, actually depicts the flags displayed in 2022, not as part of any D-Day commemorations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2269445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2155710390-scaled-e1718371296682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2155710390-scaled-e1718371296682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269444","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=2269444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}