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Friday, May 3, 2024

Checking the Facts: Robert De Niro video shows rehearsal, not protest outburst | Fact check

The video shows De Niro rehearsing his script for an upcoming TV show, not yelling at anti-Israel protesters. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Fri May 3 2024

 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Robert De Niro speaks onstage at the screening of "Ezra" hosted by Tribeca and Bleeker Street at SVA Theater on April 29, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776133725 ORIG FILE ID: 2150758386

The video shows De Niro rehearsing his script for an upcoming TV show, not yelling at anti-Israel protesters.

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NYPD officers detain people as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024. New York police entered Columbia University's campus late April 30, 2024 and were in front of a building barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters, an AFP reporter saw. Dozens of people were around Hamilton Hall, on the Columbia campus in the middle of New York City, as police arrived   and began pushing protesters outside, the reporter said.
 

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An illustrative picture shows the article 'Jaegers Grenze' (Hunters' Border) by Juan Moreno and Claas Relotius in the German magazine 'Der Spiegel' (issue No. 47 from 17 November 2018) in Berlin, Germany, 19 December 2017. German weekly magazine 'Der Spiegel' announced on 19 December 2018 that their writer Claas Relotius faked a number of stories in the past years. This was uncovered by his colleague Juan Moreno after he worked together with   Relotius on the story 'Jaegers Grenze'.
 

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Protesters link arms outside Hamilton Hall barricading students inside the building at Columbia University in New York City on April 30, 2024.
 

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