BuzzFeed’s about to blow the lid off the Iran protests, y’all. Can you handle this mega-scoop?
People are using an old image of a woman without a headscarf to illustrate the Iran protests https://t.co/iue8r0thhv pic.twitter.com/MVXKpk1Qt9
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 3, 2018
An old image! Can you believe it?
As protests against the government in Iran have gathered steam, one image, showing a woman waving a white headscarf on a busy road, has been widely shared online.
If you click the article, you learn that the "old" photo is of women's rights protesters in Iran taken December 27 https://t.co/j9zebpqp7l
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 3, 2018
But the image, a still from a video, was first posted online last week — and she had nothing to do with the current protests sweeping Iran. Her personal action was part of a longer-running protest movement against women being forced to wear the hijab in public.
“There is no link between the photo and the protests. She made her lonely protest just a day before the uprising,” she said over the phone from New York. “We don’t know where she is but she has become an iconic picture of the Iran protests.”
The day before the uprising? Well, then, we’d better stop spreading that photo around. We wouldn’t want to trick people with something so old.
"old"
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) January 3, 2018
"Dude, that was like a week ago…" pic.twitter.com/vFA1dM69Ph
— From the Land of Sky Blue Waters ?? (@HammsLager) January 3, 2018
"This pic is old, it's like totally from last year." —@BuzzFeedNews
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/RobJCollins65/status/948574979276361730
https://twitter.com/bennyfressh/status/948578936249663489
It's a week "old". #FakeNews
— Jeremy (@McAwesomes3) January 3, 2018
Old? Is this a joke? Wait, it’s BuzzFeed. Makes sense.
— V (@chorariavishal) January 3, 2018
Shame on you. This picture is authentic and is for 6 days ago. You are an embarrassment for journalism.
— فؤاد (@foadsf) January 3, 2018
As a general rule, yes.
https://twitter.com/N_Lykes/status/948575446966439936
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/948574298695983105
BuzzFeed is absolute garbage.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 3, 2018
Iranians are protesting their oppressive regime.
BuzzFeed would like you to know that the picture of a woman protesting the oppressive Iranian regime is not related to the protests of the oppressive regime.
Buzzfeed is garbage.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/948576658042204160
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