An image shared on Facebook purports to show a Rolling Stone headline reading, “Why ‘speaking out’ against pedophilia is a far-right Islamophobic dog whistle.”
Verdict: False
The claim is false. A Rolling Stone spokesperson told Check Your Fact the headline is “fake” via email.
Fact Check:
The United Nations recently called for an “independent investigation” into a mass grave site discovered at two major hospitals in Gaza, according to Rolling Stone. The mass grave site featuring bodies with their hands tied was discovered by the Palestinian Civil Defense, the outlet reported.
The Facebook post purports to show a Rolling Stone headline reading, “Why ‘speaking out’ against pedophilia is a far-right Islamophobic dog whistle.” “The Far-Right’s obsession with ‘protecting children’ and ‘punishing rapists’ has questionable undertones of bigotry reminiscent of recent Kremlin propaganda aimed at North African migrants,” the article’s alleged subheadline reads.
According to the same image, the purported headline was supposedly published on Mar. 14, 2024, and authored by Andrew Perez and Nikki McCann Ramirez.
The claim is false, however. Check Your Fact searched for the purported headline via Rolling Stone’s website and found no results. In addition, the purported headline is not referenced on the outlet’s verified Facebook, X, or Instagram accounts.
Likewise, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to support the claim the outlet published the purported headline. In fact, the opposite is true. Reuters also reported the headline is fake via an April 24 article. (RELATED: No, Horses Are Not To Be Allowed On Highways In The U.K.)
Additionally, Rolling Stone spokesperson Lisa Tozzi told Check Your Fact the headline is “fake” via email.
“This is very obviously a fake [headline],” Tozzi said. Tozzi also directed Check Your Fact to the story from which the fake headline was doctored. The actual Mar. 14 story written by Perez and McCann Ramirez bears the following headline, “Israel Lobby Pushes The Lie That People Are Not Starving In Gaza: Report.”