Fake USA Today video falsely claims Church of Satan praised Paris Olympics opening ceremony

The Olympic Games organisers did apologise after a sequence of the opening event showing Greek god Dionysus came under objection by some Christian groups, including the Catholic Church in France, as it was viewed to be a parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Dinner’.

The Church of Satan also reposted the video on X with an inscription confirming Mr Gilmore had actually not recommended the opening event. Having not viewed it, I could not potentially comment on, nor back, the opening events. A manager of the Church of Satan referred us to this message when we got to out for comment.

A video clip purporting to be a United States Today record asserts the Church of Satan has thanked the organisers of the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is not an actual USA Today report, and the Church of Satan has actually made no such remark.

The video clip is not a genuine U.S.A. Today record– the clip has actually not been shared on the organisation’s website or any of its socialmediachannels. U.S.A. Today confirmed in a short article that it “did not report or publish the video clip”.

An agent for U.S.A. Today told Complete Fact: “The article circulating on X utilizing the U.S.A. TODAY logo and branding is fake. The United States TODAY Fact Checking team has recognized the incorrect message to alleviate the spread of misinformation.”

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For the functions of that plan, we have actually rated this claim as false
because this is not a real U.S.A. Today report and the Church of Satan verified no such remarks were made.

A post featuring the video on X with over 3,300 shares has the subtitle: “So the whole Olympic ‘diversion’ was a Hellish circus. And now they bring out it, after gaslighting us for three weeks?” Screenshots from the clip have actually been sharedmultipletimes on Facebook.

An article including the video clip on X with over 3,300 shares has the inscription: “So the whole Olympic ‘diversion’ was a Hellish circus. The Church of Satan likewise reposted the video on X with a subtitle validating Mr Gilmore had actually not recommended the opening event. Having actually not seen it, I might not perhaps comment on, nor back, the opening events. A manager of the Church of Satan referred us to this blog post when we reached out for comment.

The clip features a voiceover that states: “The Church of Satan thanked the organisers of the Olympic Gamings for the spectacular opening ceremony” and allegedly prices quote a high priest of the church, Peter H. Gilmore, stating it was an event of “freedom from an entrenching divinity”. It goes on to assert an “extensive dissection of the games” was talked about on the Church’s podcast, Satansplain.

This is not the very first time we have actually come across fake content that seems from reliable resources, especially media organisations– a category of misinformation called ‘imposter content’. We’ve previously discussed an additional video clip apparently from USA Today reporting on an affirmed “quarrel” including a Ukrainian security officer in a New york city bar, as well as disproving those incorrectly claiming to be videos by Euronews, and the BBC apparently reporting on Bellingcat examinations.

The USA Today logo shows up in the top corner of the video clip and text appears in the exact same design as genuinereports by the media outlet. It reveals footage of Paris throughout the 2024 Olympics, in addition to of Mr Gilmore and the Satansplain web page on X (formerly Twitter).