{"id":587191,"date":"2021-07-09T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587191"},"modified":"2021-07-09T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:50:20","slug":"fact-check-did-cnn-publish-this-article-about-joe-biden-sending-troops-to-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-cnn-publish-this-article-about-joe-biden-sending-troops-to-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Publish This Article About Joe Biden Sending Troops To Haiti?"},"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-cnn-publish-this-article-about-joe-biden-sending-troops-to-haiti%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=587191&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>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/525916257933758\/posts\/1105747503283961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a CNN article about President Joe Biden sending troops to Haiti after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7233819\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7233819\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7233819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM.jpg 542w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM-97x120.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM-620x765-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM-768x947-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM-1536x1895-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM-2048x2527-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7233819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The article is fabricated. Biden has not announced the deployment of U.S. troops to Haiti at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Moise was assassinated and his wife was wounded July 7 in their residence by a group of gunmen, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-57766749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Haitian president\u2019s assassination, social media users started sharing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/525916257933758\/posts\/1105747503283961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supposed screen grab<\/a> of a CNN article with the headline \u201cHaiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence. U.S. Troops on their way.\u201d The alleged article includes a photo of Moise and a photo of soldiers near an Air Force plane.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/search?q=jovenel+moise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u2019s coverage<\/a> of the assassination and didn\u2019t find any articles matching the one in the Facebook post. The article appears to be fabricated, as it lacks a byline and uses a different font than stories on the CNN website. CNN did publish an article titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence<\/a>,\u201d but it does not mention Biden sending U.S. troops to Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>CNN spokesperson Bridget Leininger confirmed to Check Your Fact in an email that the article in the Facebook post is fake. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/10\/19\/fact-check-cnn-chyron-viruses-nigerians-coronavirus-sars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did CNN Air This Chyron About \u2018Two Deadly Viruses\u2019 Killing Nigerians?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-haiti-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-government-and-politics-dde79dbeb938e17fa5586d646aecb494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported Thursday that it was \u201cunlikely\u201d the U.S. would send troops to the Caribbean country. A search of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">presidential actions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speech transcripts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> on the White House website didn\u2019t yield any instances of Biden announcing the deployment of American soldiers to Haiti in response to the assassination, as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/07\/07\/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-the-assassination-of-president-jovenel-moise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 7 statement<\/a>, Biden condemned Moise\u2019s assassination, calling it a \u201cheinous act\u201d and saying the U.S. is \u201cready to assist as we continue to work for a safe and secure Haiti.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Friday that FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials will go to Port-au-Prince to assist Haitian officials with the investigation of Moise\u2019s assassination, and the Haitian ambassador to the U.S. has asked for U.S. assistance with security, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/09\/two-us-citizens-arrested-after-haitian-president-killing-state-department.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>. United Nations (U.N.) special envoy for Haiti Helen La Lime also told reporters that the country\u2019s government requested security assistance from the U.N., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/07\/08\/world\/jovenel-moise-assassinated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a CNN article about President Joe Biden sending troops to Haiti after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314364,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Publish This Article About Joe Biden Sending Troops To Haiti?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-2.32.20-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Publish This Article About Joe Biden Sending Troops To Haiti?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587191","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}