Claim(permalink)
BREAKING: Lionel Messi has signed for KFC on a two year deal is false. Lionel Messi has not signed a two-year contract with KFC. The person in the viral photo is actually Alexandro Pereira Negreiros, who resembles Messi but is not the football star himself.
✓factcrescendo rating: not credible; published on 2024-09-10
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Emotion
anger
Sentiment
negative sentiment
Date published
2024-09-10
Entities
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