This doctored video combines footage from a football game and audio from a concert
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- Published on November 11, 2021 at 04:47
- Updated on November 14, 2021 at 03:35
- 2 min read
- By AFP Hong Kong
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"The Americans really 'love' Biden", reads a Chinese-language tweet posted on October 31.
The video, viewed more than 800,000 times, shows crowds at a football stadium appearing to chant "Fuck Joe Biden".
The video was also shared in similar posts here, here and here on Twitter, and on Reddit here.
However, the video has been manipulated.
Concert chant
Keyword searches of the anti-Biden chant in the doctored clip found the same audio in a YouTube video showing a concert by US musician Aaron Lewis on September 25.
The YouTube video was included in a report by Music Mayhem magazine on October 19, headlined: "Aaron Lewis Goes On Anti-Biden Rant During Concert: “Quit Trying To Ruin My F**king Country” [WATCH]".
"The conservative rock star led a "f*** Joe Biden" chant during the group's co-headlining concert with Korn in Scranton, which is the birthplace of the 46th President of the United States, on Saturday, Sept. 25, at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain," Music Mayhem reported.
Original video
A closer look at the video reveals signs around the stadium reading "METLIFE STADIUM", "COPA AMERICA", "ARGENTINA" and "CHILE".
Keyword searches found a similar video posted on YouTube on October 22, 2016, titled: "Argentina national anthem Copa America Final 2016" in Spanish.
Copa América Centenario was a football tournament hosted by the United States in 2016. The final between Argentina and Chile was held at the MetLife stadium in New Jersey on June 26, 2016.
Below are screenshot comparisons between the video shared in misleading posts (L) and the 2016 YouTube video (R):
Another keyword search found a full video of the final match, where signs in the stadium visible in the misleading post can be seen from the 15:49 mark.
November 14, 2021 This article was updated to amend a typo in the eleventh paragraph.
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