| Title: | This video is from a climate change protest in Austria. It doesn’t show crisis actors in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/tweets/video-climate-change-protest-austria-it-doesnt-sho/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | The people under the tarps aren’t crisis actors from Ukraine trying to fool people into thinking they are dead. They were part of a protest against climate change that was held in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 4. The clip is from a Feb. 4 demonstration against climate change in Vienna. The reporter, Marvin Bergauer, is from an Austrian news channel called OE24 TV and is speaking German in the video. An English translation of the chyron on the video says “Vienna: Demo against climate policy.” The people under the tarps aren’t crisis actors ‘ from Germany, Ukraine or anywhere else ‘ trying to fool people into thinking that they are dead. They’re protesters from Austria in a video taken before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. We rate this False. |
This video is from a climate change protest in Austria. It doesn’t show crisis actors in Ukraine
The people under the tarps aren't crisis actors from Ukraine trying to fool people into thinking they are dead. They were part of a protest against climate change that was held in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 4.
The clip is from a Feb. 4 demonstration against climate change in Vienna. The reporter, Marvin Bergauer, is from an Austrian news channel called OE24 TV and is speaking German in the video. An English translation of the chyron on the video says "Vienna: Demo against climate policy."
The people under the tarps aren't crisis actors ' from Germany, Ukraine or anywhere else ' trying to fool people into thinking that they are dead. They're protesters from Austria in a video taken before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
We rate this False.
