Keshet's blunder: A 2024 video was presented as documentation of the Paris riots

Amid the riots in Paris, Keshet's V1 page uploaded a video of a person allegedly finding a Rolex watch outside a luxury store. The footage is unrelated to the current events and was published online as early as 2024. A simple check of the publication date could have prevented the dissemination of the old footage in a misleading context.

The article reports on an incident where Keshet's V1 page uploaded a video during the current riots in Paris, showing a person allegedly finding a Rolex watch outside a looted luxury store. An investigation reveals that the video is unrelated to the current events, but was published on TikTok as early as 2024. The article notes that a simple check of the publication date could have prevented the dissemination of the old footage in a misleading context, and criticizes the pursuit of viral content at the expense of fact-checking.