2024-03-26 06:06:37
For weeks, Princess Kate’s health condition has sparked a feverish wave of rumors and speculation, especially following a photo of her was published in mid-March that turned out to be edited, fueling conspiracy theories that undermined efforts to reassure the public regarding her health, and some even came to doubt that the Princess of Wales was still alive.
In this context, pages on social media published news that the British Broadcasting Corporation recently changed the color of its logo to black in preparation for announcing important news regarding the British Royal Family.
But the claim is wrong, as the BBC has used the black color in one of its accounts for years, and has not published any news regarding an upcoming announcement by the royal family.
The posts included pictures of the British BBC account, showing the logo in black.
Publishers said that the BBC changed its color red to the “color of mourning” in preparation for announcing the death of a member of the royal family.
The publishers said that the BBC had changed its red color to “the color of mourning” in preparation for announcing the death of a member of the British royal family, while comments said that the matter was related to “the disappearance of Princess Kate.”
Princess Kate
These posts received thousands of shares in Arabic on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and foreign languages, at a time when Princess Kate’s health condition has been sparking a feverish wave of rumors and speculation for weeks following she underwent major abdominal surgery in mid-January, and Kensington Palace published a picture of her on the occasion of Mother’s Day, showing It is modified.
The long absence of the princess, who is considered one of the most photographed women in the world, gave way to analyzes of all kinds, especially following the publication of a photo of her on March 10, smiling and surrounded by her children on the occasion of Mother’s Day. It turned out to be edited, which prompted five major news agencies to… It was published (including Agence France-Presse) until it was deleted from its services.
This photo, which was supposed to be a response to the theories circulating and put an end to them, fueled conspiracy theories that undermined efforts to reassure the public regarding its authenticity, and some even came to doubt that the Princess of Wales was still alive.
The truth regarding publications
However, what was said regarding the BBC recently changing the color of its logo to black and publishing news related to an upcoming royal announcement is incorrect.
A search into BBC accounts shows that many of its sections on social media are not black, with the exception of the general account.
A search into BBC accounts shows that many of its sections on social media are not black
By searching the page of this account on Facebook, it becomes clear that the image of the logo in black was uploaded in 2022, meaning that the presence of this color on BBC platforms is not recent, as the publications claimed.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse, a British Broadcasting Corporation official said that what is being circulated on social media regarding the color of the logo is incorrect.
“This logo has been black for years,” the official told AFP’s fact-checking service on March 21.
On the other hand, following these same allegations spread widely in English, a journalist working for the BBC as an assistant editor specializing in following up on media misinformation methods published an explanation on her account on the The color is black, while there are accounts that take other colors in addition to the usual red color of the BBC.
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