{"id":941988,"date":"2021-10-30T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941988"},"modified":"2021-10-30T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:58:46","slug":"fact-check-did-nbc-news-report-that-the-creator-of-the-crab-rangoon-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-nbc-news-report-that-the-creator-of-the-crab-rangoon-died\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did NBC News Report That The Creator Of The Crab Rangoon Died?"},"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-nbc-news-report-that-the-creator-of-the-crab-rangoon-died%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=941988&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\/photo\/?fbid=7494762983883171&amp;set=a.817250731634463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows an NBC News article about Kazuya Komodichi, the alleged \u201ccreator of the crab rangoon,\u201d dying at the age of 107.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7311987\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7311987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that NBC News published the article. It appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Social media users have been sharing a screenshot of an alleged NBC News article about the death of Komodichi, who the headline alleges created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/what-is-crab-rangoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crab rangoon<\/a>, a fried wonton appetizer primarily served at American Chinese restaurants. The purported article includes two images, one of an elderly Asian man and one of crab rangoons.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no evidence NBC News published the article. Check Your Fact searched NBC News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/search\/?q=crab+rangoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> but found nothing resembling the alleged story. There are likewise no reports matching the viral image on NBC News\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NBCNews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbcnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. It appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>An internet search conducted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kazuya+Komodichi&amp;nfpr=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwirj46Vh-vzAhXxoXIEHbCFBK8QvgUoAXoECAEQMg&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=821&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=Kazuya+Komodichi&amp;t=h_&amp;ia=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DuckDuckGo<\/a> did not yield any results for the man identified in the headline, with the exception of images of the fake NBC News article. There are several articles about the history of crab rangoon, including those from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/restaurants\/a-brief-history-of-crab-rangoon-is-cream-cheese-native-to-burma-or-london-6402770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Press<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashed.com\/168064\/the-truth-about-crab-rangoon\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mashed<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/what-is-crab-rangoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>, none of which mention Komodichi.<\/p>\n<p>The image of the Asian man featured in the Facebook post is from a stock photo that can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/375893338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Stock<\/a>. The picture is titled, \u201c<span class=\"grey dove-text\">A very old Asian man talking happily while surrounded by his family.\u201d <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><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post shared on Facebook appears to have originated as a joke. The logo for <a href=\"https:\/\/ifunny.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iFunny<\/a>, a meme-sharing website, is visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows an NBC News article about Kazuya Komodichi, the alleged \u201ccreator of the crab rangoon,\u201d dying at the age of 107.Facebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False There is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941988","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\/941988","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=941988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941988\/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=941988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}