{"id":2308140,"date":"2024-07-25T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-las-vegas-sphere-show-the-blue-screen-of-death-due-to-crowdstrike-outages\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:15:10","slug":"fact-check-did-the-las-vegas-sphere-display-the-blue-screen-of-death-because-of-crowdstrike-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-las-vegas-sphere-display-the-blue-screen-of-death-because-of-crowdstrike-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did the Las Vegas Sphere display the Blue Screen of Death because of CrowdStrike outages?"},"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\">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-the-las-vegas-sphere-display-the-blue-screen-of-death-because-of-crowdstrike-outages%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=2308140&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 Facebook post has been\u200b circulating, alleging that the Las\u2062 Vegas \u200dsphere displayed the &#8220;blue\u2064 screen of death&#8221; due \u200dto outages caused by CrowdStrike. However, this claim has been labeled as false. The image in question is confirmed to be fake and originates from 2023. Fact-checking sources reported that CrowdStrike attributed a global \u200boutage, which caused millions of computers to experience the blue screen of death,\u2063 to \u200ca bug in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/check-your-fridge-popular-sauce-recalled-due-to-risk-of-serious-or-life-threatening-reaction\/\" title=\"Popular sauce recalled due to potential life-threatening reaction. Check your fridge\">quality\u2064 control process<\/a>. This information was covered by CNBC. Social media users continue to spread misinformation regarding the Las Vegas sphere, but the claims are unfounded.  <\/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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/co-dems-move-to-censure-hickenlooper-for-voting-to-block-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"CO Dems Move to Censure Hickenlooper for Voting to Block Stimulus Checks to Illegal Immigrants\">post&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roy.littlefield.58\/posts\/2889840257840779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roy.littlefield.58\/posts\/2889840257840779&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1721932042045000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yrUSZpo2HbYXzdIuLhObQ\"><span id=\"m_3903823917234904721mt-tracked-link_2_1721845610365\"><\/span>shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show the Las Vegas sphere show the blue screen of death due to the CrowdStrike outages.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is from 2023. It is fake.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CrowdStrike said that a bug in its quality control process lead to the global outage that saw millions of computers have the blue screen of death, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/07\/24\/crowdstrike-says-bug-in-quality-control-process-led-to-botched-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are claiming that the Las Vegas Sphere had the &ldquo;blue screen of death&rdquo; as well. One user wrote, &ldquo;Oh no! Even the Sphere in Las Vegas has the blue screen of death.&rdquo; &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/22\/fact-check-post-trump-rally-shooter-yarmulke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Instagram Post Purports To Show Trump Rally Shooter Wearing A Yarmulke)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This claim is false. Through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-is-not-matt-gaetzs-actual-senior-photo-from-high-school\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Is Not Matt Gaetz\u2019s Actual Senior Photo From High School\">reverse image search<\/a>, Check Your Fact found that the image is from 2023. The image is doctored, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-images-the-msg-sphere-never-displayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First shared in early June, a month before the Sphere opened, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-joe-biden-wearing-nike-foamposite-sneakers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Joe Biden Wearing Nike Foamposite Sneakers?\">image purports<\/a> to show the Sphere displaying a Microsoft Windows error message, aka &ldquo;the blue screen of death,&rdquo; instructing the operator that the computer needs restarting. It&rsquo;s a shame Sphere programmers didn&rsquo;t think of this themselves. It would have made a hysterical April Fool&rsquo;s prank,&rdquo; Casino.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-expert-weather-related-deaths-hit-record-low-in-2021\/\" title=\"Climate Expert: Weather-Related Deaths Hit Record Low in 2021\">org reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lead Stories, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/las-vegas-sphere-blue-screen-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/verify\/national-verify\/las-vegas-sphere-blue-screen-of-death-image-is-fake\/536-dd009fe6-8ac7-4044-9c3a-ec114107f6e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KGW<\/a> also <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2024\/07\/fact-check-sphere-did-not-show-blue-screen-of-death-during-crowdstrike-outage-image-is-doctored-from-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> this image. Check Your Fact has debunked several fake images recently. For example,&nbsp; Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/09\/fact-check-donald-trump-edited-larger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an image claiming to show former President Donald Trump with a larger gut.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Facebook post has been\u200b circulating, alleging that the Las\u2062 Vegas \u200dsphere displayed the &#8220;blue\u2064 screen of death&#8221; due \u200dto outages caused by CrowdStrike. However, this claim has been labeled as false. The image in question is confirmed to be fake and originates from 2023. Fact-checking sources reported that CrowdStrike attributed a global \u200boutage, which &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2308141,"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\/03\/GettyImages-1978820929-scaled-e1711124593106.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36179,35918,13420,36178,36180],"class_list":["post-2308140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blue-screen-of-death","tag-crowdstrike","tag-fact-check","tag-las-vegas-sphere","tag-technology-controversies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1978820929-scaled-e1711124593106.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308140","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}