{"id":652071,"date":"2021-08-16T18:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=652071"},"modified":"2021-08-16T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:20:42","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-people-rushing-at-a-paris-airport-to-greet-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-people-rushing-at-a-paris-airport-to-greet-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show People Rushing At A Paris Airport To Greet Lionel Messi?"},"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\">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-does-this-video-show-people-rushing-at-a-paris-airport-to-greet-lionel-messi%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=652071&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\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10T142921Z_687861186_UP1EH8A12V41P_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-MESSI-scaled-e1628960991283.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/114518204223073\/videos\/559362421926919\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows people running into a Paris, France, airport for the arrival of soccer player Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video actually shows American football fans entering the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 AT&amp;T Stadium in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/114518204223073\/videos\/559362421926919\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> of people rushing through glass doors was shared on Facebook amid the news that Messi <a href=\"https:\/\/en.psg.fr\/teams\/first-team\/content\/cp-lionel-messi-psg-paris-saint-germain-mercato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had signed<\/a> a two-year contract to play for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) with an option for a third year. Messi arrived on Aug. 10 at Le Bourget airport, where some fans gathered to welcome him to Paris, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2021\/08\/10\/ap-source-messi-agrees-deal-to-join-paris-saint-germain\/48338807\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent situation at the airport of France. Waiting for the arrival of Leo Messi,\u201d reads the Facebook post\u2019s caption. \u201cMessi is bigger than any other club.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/14\/fact-check-image-electric-car-cemetery-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show An \u2018Electric Car Cemetery\u2019 In France?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Messi did, according to video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tNhBGJ9xH4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted on YouTube<\/a> by AFP, wave to fans after landing at the Paris airport, the footage being shared on Facebook doesn\u2019t depict fans rushing to greet him there. The footage of people running through glass doors actually predates Messi\u2019s signing with PSG by over two years.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Machota, a sports reporter who <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/author\/jon-machota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently covers<\/a> the Dallas Cowboys football team for The Athletic, tweeted the same video on Jan. 5, 2019, with the caption stating, \u201cAT&amp;T Stadium doors have opened for Cowboys vs. Seahawks.\u201d AT&amp;T Stadium, located in Arlington, Texas, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/attstadium.com\/stadium-info\/a-to-z-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">home stadium<\/a> of the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.4375\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AT&amp;T Stadium doors have opened for Cowboys vs. Seahawks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTl68lVNwr\">pic.twitter.com\/UTl68lVNwr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Machota (@jonmachota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1081687003677233154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In both versions of the footage, the logo for the Dallas Cowboys can be seen in the bottom-left corner. News outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/news\/trending\/watch-stampede-of-fans-rush-through-entrance-to-cowboys-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 5 San Diego<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/mystery-solved-cowboys-fans-went-full-black-friday-att-stadium-doors-opened-000940867.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a> also reported that video, credited to Machota, captured fans rushing into AT&amp;T Stadium ahead of the Jan. 5, 2019, wild card playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. The Cowboys won the game 24 to 22, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/dak-prescott-and-the-cowboys-hold-off-seahawks-move-on-in-nfl-playoffs\/2019\/01\/06\/f4463fc0-113c-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/mystery-solved-cowboys-fans-went-full-black-friday-att-stadium-doors-opened-000940867.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a> reported the fans running in the video had standing-room only \u201cParty Pass\u201d tickets. YouTube videos posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k5qECzyz8I4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v93-JLlfN9U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Dallas Morning News<\/a>&nbsp;show other rushes by Party Pass-carrying fans before Cowboys games in 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows people running into a Paris, France, airport for the arrival of soccer player Lionel Messi.Verdict: False The video actually shows American football fans &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652071","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\/652071","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=652071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652071\/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=652071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}