Several viral images depict boxing legend Mike Tyson wearing T-shirts adorned with anti-vaccine quotes. One T-shirt in particular displays the slogan “Trust in God, not in vaccines.”
Claim
Several viral images depict boxing legend Mike Tyson wearing T-shirts adorned with anti-vaccine quotes. One T-shirt in particular displays the slogan “Trust in God, not in vaccines.”
Misleading Comment
Another T-shirt worn by Tyson promotes the documentary “Plandemic,” known for spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines. The shirt features the quote “Plan-demic.”
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These images have been posted across social media platforms by different users.
Fact
Mike Tyson did not wear any anti-vaccine T-shirt. The images have been digitally fabricated.
Verification
Through reverse-image search, we located the original photo which does not feature any anti-vaccine slogan. In the original image, Tyson is seen wearing a T-shirt with his own photo printed from a boxing ring.
The original image was published by several web portals in November last year.
Similarly, we discovered that this image was digitally manipulated by taking and altering a screengrab from a promotional video Tyson posted on June 23, 2020. The original quote on Tyson’s T-shirt was ‘Smartcups’.
Conclusion
Fake-News-Busters has confirmed that images depicting Tyson wearing T-shirts with anti-vaccine text have been digitally manipulated.
