War in Ukraine: Attention to this false cover of “Time” associating Putin in Hitler

This “one” of the famous American magazine to denounce the war in Ukraine is very shared on social networks. But it does not exist: this is only an amateur montage.

Le Monde

At each historical event his “one” time. The American weekly, created in 1923, is famous for its efficient covers and “personalities of the year”. On the occasion of the war in Ukraine, triggered Thursday, February 24 by the invasion of the country by the Russian army, a new “one” has been largely relayed on social networks. However, it is a fake.

What is shared

During the weekend following the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Internet users were eager to share a coverage of the Time refurbishing the face of Vladimir Putin of the Mustache of the Chancellor Nazi Adolf Hitler. Defted from this issue, dated February 28 to March 7, the title can be read, under the tie of the Russian President: “The return of the story: how Putin broke the dreams of Europe”.

On Twitter or Facebook, this “one” was shared on Monday, February 28 by dozens of different accounts. The Tweet of the Belarusian media Nexta presenting the “new coverage of the Time” was, to him alone, left more than 4,300 times.

NEWEST COVER OF THE #MEMAGAZINE https://t.co/ajiirmuwsx (@Nexta)

In France, the spokesman for the National Gathering (RN), Julien Odoul, also shared on Twitter this cover by denouncing the “caricatures” of “certain journalists” who “throw gasoline In the Brasier “.

Why is wrong

A quick search allows you to check on the site of the time as their number from February 28 to March 7, probably curly before the triggering of the war, is not devoted to Ukraine but at “the child of the year”, Jean Orion, 11 years old.

The Time magazine shared, on February 25, a coverage devoted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it is a number to appear (dated from March 14 to 21) illustrated by the photo of a tank and not an assembly involving Putin in Hitler.

Time’s New Cover: How Putin Shattered Europe’s Dreams https://t.co/jxsrfkrw8b https://t.co/hdjs0ptjs0

– Time (@TIME)

This British is at the origin of this assembly. He had shared in the weekend her own version “amateur “Coverage” believes that the official choice was inspired “. This graphic designer, little affect Twitter (he had a little over 1,500 subscribers Monday and basically shares photos of his dogs), published a video showing how he had made a second false “a” associating, this time, the eyes Hitler in the face of Vladimir Putin. He also defended to “make money” with this publication.

This is the second edition of a rework I Made of this month’s Time Magazine Cover. I Felt The Official Choice Was S … https://t.co/8cbmbfwu

– mrpatrickmulder (@patrick mulder 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿)

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