The Facebook account named "Blerta Pupi Mile" has published a post claiming that former President of the United States of America (USA), John Kennedy, is alive.
This account claims that Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the wife of Kennedy's son, John Kennedy Junior, has said that the former president is alive.
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy passed away in 1999.
Also, in the post made by the aforementioned account, an image of a person is presented, which is claimed to be the deceased American president, John Kennedy. However, hibrid.info has researched and confirmed that the image displayed in the post belongs to Russell LeeRoy Pickett, an American veteran of World War II.
Link to the post published on Facebook by the "Blerta Pupi Mile" account:
Hibrid.info has found data on Wikipedia, which makes it clear that Carolyn Bessette – Kennedy, the wife of the son of American President Kennedy, died in 1999 as a result of the crash of the plane she was traveling in. (see here)
After researching through Google, hibrid.info has not found any published statement claiming that Carolyn Bessette - Kennedy has said that American President Kennedy is alive. (see here)
The post made by the account in question also includes a photo claiming to be John Kennedy. Hibrid.info has researched through search engines and found that the photo shows World War II veteran Russell Pickett, deceased since 2020 (here).
Analyze:
A Facebook account has published a post with the image and caption claiming that the deceased former president, John Kennedy, is alive and according to this account, this was announced in recent days by his son's wife.
After verifying the facts, it has been confirmed that the image showing the person claimed to be John Kennedy actually shows photographs of Russell LeeRoy Pickett, an American veteran of World War II.
Also, the findings show that Kennedy's son's wife died in 1999.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this video material as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.