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Manipulated image shows Melania Trump holding funeral booklet upside-down

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -35% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The Facebook post claims NBC News captured Melania Trump holding her program upside-down during the service.
47% : NBC News footage from the event shows Melania Trump holding the funeral program right-side up.
46% : The video also shows Obama held his program the same way as Melania Trump.
27% : Image of Melania Trump is edited to misleadThe state funeral for Carter, who served as the 39th U.S. president and died at 100, was held Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral.
26% : The claim: Image shows Melania Trump holding Jimmy Carter's funeral program upside-downA Jan. 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a screenshot of NBC News coverage showing incoming first lady Melania Trump and former President Barack Obama holding booklets at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
23% : USA TODAY has debunked an array of social media claims involving the former and now incoming first lady, including a post that wrongly implied an image of Donald Trump peeking at his wife's ballot was from the 2024 presidential election, a post that falsely claimed Melania Trump announced her desire for a divorce and a post falsely claiming her son Barron Trump would not be a U.S. citizen under Donald Trump's proposal to end birthright citizenship.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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