{"id":2331817,"date":"2024-08-27T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ap-news-report-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-organizer-was-struck-by-lightning\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:43:26","slug":"fact-check-did-ap-news-report-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-organizer-was-struck-by-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ap-news-report-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-organizer-was-struck-by-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did AP News Report That Olympic Opening Ceremony Organizer Was Struck By Lightning?"},"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\">30<\/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-ap-news-report-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-organizer-was-struck-by-lightning%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=2331817&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crisis-declared-in-california-as-state-farm-announces-72000-policies-to-be-cut\/\" title=\"California in Crisis as State Farm Plans to Terminate 72,000 Policies\">text discusses<\/a> a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> that claims an Associated Press headline stating that\u200c Thomas Jolly, the\u200c artist behind the Olympic opening ceremony, was struck\u200d by lightning. However, the image\u200d of the headline has been edited. Additionally, Olympic gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea \u2064is\u2063 appealing a\u2062 penalty that deducted .10 points from her score due\u2062 to\u2063 going\u200c out of bounds during\u200b a\u200b floor final. If her appeal is successful, she could become the bronze medal winner, which\u2064 has already changed hands once\u200b since the event, following a challenge to American gymnast Jordan Chiles&#8217; \u2063finish.  <\/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=\":r1\" tabindex=\"1\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-owns=\":ww\" aria-controls=\":ww\" aria-expanded=\"false\" readability=\"22.399425287356\">\n<div readability=\"6.8645161290323\">\n<p>A post&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/billy.watkins.961\/posts\/pfbid02SGuFPF7eKLLm5g4Z9L86uV8Hr5hUZQ9WKfXLyNiAGJhpXvX3hWWHApPyF87biiLGl\">shared on social media<\/a><\/u>  purportedly shows an Associated Press headline claiming that the Olympic opening ceremony organizer was struck by lightning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>The image has been edited.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.383685800604\">\n<p>Olympic gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea filed an appeal of docking her .10 points for going out of bounds during a floor final,<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/27\/sports\/second-romanian-gymnast-appealing-score-in-twist-to-jordan-chiles-olympic-medal-drama\/\">The New York Post<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>reported. A successful appeal would make her the bronze medal winner, which has already switched hands once since the event when American gymnast Jordan Chiles&rsquo; finish was challenged.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14\">\n<p>A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows a headline that Thomas Jolly the artist who organized the Olympics opening ceremony. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-mandalorian-actress-under-fire-over-social-media\/\" title=\"Another \u2018Mandalorian\u2019 Actress Under Fire Over Social Media\">headline reads<\/a>, &ldquo;Artist behind the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Hospitalised After Freak Lightning Strike.&rdquo; The caption says, Huh&hellip;you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t say&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"13.092269326683\">\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. There is no record of the article on the<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/search?q=Artist+behind+the+Paris+Olympics+Opening+Ceremony+Hospitalised+After+Freak+Lightning+Strike#nt=navsearch\">AP website<\/a>. There is no headline found on any of their<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">social<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/APNews\/\">media<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/apnews\/\">accounts<\/a>. Likewise, there is no record of an<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240823121512\/https:\/apnews.com\/search?q=Artist+behind+the+Paris+Olympics+Opening+Ceremony+Hospitalised+After+Freak+Lightning+Strike#nt=navsearch\">archive version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the outlet&rsquo;s website does return an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-2024-opening-ceremony-thomas-jolly-96a229df81d3e7d6c53f6d5431d4fd69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> with the same image. The real headline reads, &ldquo;Police investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony director Thomas Jolly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.6049382716049\">\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation has circulated online. Check Your Fact recently<span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/27\/fact-check-post-gates-hiv-mpox-vaccine\/\">debunked<\/a><span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>a claim that Bill Gates is integrating HIV into Mpox vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post claims to show an Associated Press headline stating that the organizer of the Olympic opening ceremony was struck by lightning. However, this image has been manipulated. According to The New York Post, Olympic gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea has appealed a .10 point deduction for stepping out of bounds during a floor final. If her appeal is successful, she would win the bronze medal, which has already changed hands once after American gymnast Jordan Chiles&#8217; performance was contested.<\/p>\n<p>The post on X (formerly Twitter) features a headline about Thomas Jolly, the artist behind the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, stating: \u201cArtist behind the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Hospitalised After Freak Lightning Strike.\u201d The accompanying caption reads, &#8220;Huh\u2026you don\u2019t say\u2026&#8221; This claim is false; there is no record of such an article on the AP website or any of their social media platforms. Additionally, no archived version exists. A search on their site does reveal an article with a similar image but with a different headline: \u201cPolice investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony director Thomas Jolly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This incident highlights ongoing issues with misinformation online; Check Your Fact recently disproved another false claim regarding Bill Gates and HIV in relation to the Mpox vaccine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2331818,"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\/08\/GettyImages-2163475852-scaled-e1722623858726.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[34822,13420,39432,39410,39431],"class_list":["post-2331817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller","tag-ap-news","tag-fact-check","tag-lightning-strike","tag-news-verification","tag-olympic-opening-ceremony"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2163475852-scaled-e1722623858726.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331817","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\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}