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[FALSE] "Corona Mass Graves in Italy"

Fact-check by Satgas COVID-19 Hoax BusterPublished 1 min read

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The shared video is from “Pandemic" miniseries, aired by Hallmark channel on 2007. More @Explanation and Reference section.

What the fact-checkers found

(1) First Draft News: “FALSE CONTEXT When genuine content is shared with false contextual information" More @ http://bit.ly/2qYG8Rs / http://archive.md/eSihu (backup archive). The SOURCE shared video from “Pandemic" miniseries, aired by Hallmark channel on 2007. The SOURCE added false narrative which has caused false conclusion. (2) One of video sources, YouTube: “Pandemic 2007 Eric Roberts Trailer 31,117 views • Dec 21, 2013 peter murphy 316 subscribers Pandemic 2007 Trailer Staring Eric Roberts, Tiffani Thiessen, French Stewart and Faye Dunaway Video @ https://bit.ly/2WK4JuT / http://archive.md/H33US (backup archive).

Where it circulated

“Prantosh Kumar Das" (facebook.com/prantosh.k.das) account, shared 16 times per screenshot was taken. http://archive.md/O5K8i (backup archive).

Narrative: “Horrifying Corona. Mass graves in Italy."

Sources and references

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    Several related articles, Wikipedia: “Pandemic (miniseries) This article is about the 2007 Hallmark Channel miniseries. For the 2008 South Park 2-part episode, see South Park (season 12). Pandemic is a 2007 Hallmark Channel original mini-series with an ensemble cast. It premiered on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 8:00 PM as part of Hallmark Channel’s “Uncharted Adventures" weekend. It is now available on DVD through Hallmark Entertainment."

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    (backup archive). – IMDB: “Pandemic The bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine." More @

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    (backup archive). (2) “Pandemic" miniseries, YouTube: “ Pandemic | Coronavirus Movie | PART 1 3.1M views•Feb 14, 2020 Movie Central 889K subscribers This film is under license from Sonar Entertainment Inc.

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