A video is getting viral on social media sites regarding a news anchor in Zimbabwe. In this video, it can be seen and heard that the news anchor is laughing out loud in the middle of doing news anchoring.
By sharing this video a verified Twitter user ASC Agriculture and Farmers welfare Haryana, poet, etc DR. Sumita Mishra IAS captioned- “ PAKVSZIM. A news anchor from #Zimbabwe”.
Source: Twitter
Meanwhile, many other social media users are sharing a similar video.
Source: Twitter
A Facebook user named Vishnu Kumbhar shared this video and captioned it: “ A News anchor from #Zimbabwe. The World Cup will come and go, but PKMB should continue.” (English Translation)
Source: Facebook
Source: Facebook
Fact check:
To analyze the originality of the viral video the team of DFRAC first did a reverse image search on google. The team found a similar video shared 2 years ago by social media users on December 1, 2020. This time it is related to the Professional association football league in Germany ( Bundesliga clubs)
Source: Twitter
Similarly, A Twitter user named NUFC360 shared this video and captioned: 19 PL clubs- including Man City- demanding an emergency meeting because the takeover went through. #nufc ( on October 9, 2021)
Source: Twitter
At the same time, the team searched for the history of the news anchor and found that the anchor’s name is Akwasi Boadi Akrobeto. He is a Ghanaian local language actor. AKwasi is known for his comedy with his English accent.
Meanwhile, on 31 October 2020, a Youtube channel name UTV Ghana Online uploaded this video with the headline “Akrobeto ‘Massacres’ names of foreign clubs as he gave fixtures from Bundesliga to Italian Serie A”.
Conclusion:
It is clear from the verification of DFRAC That the viral video of an anchor from Zimbabwe that is 2 years old is misleading. Because the anchor is from Ghana (Africa) not Zimbabwe and he is not mocking the Pakistan team, he is laughing while reading out the Football match schedule.
Claim Reviewed: The Zimbabwe news anchor mocked the Pakistan cricket team by laughing out loud
Claimed by: Social media users
Fact check: Misleading
