Claim: France Télévisions used a Paris Olympics medal table that counted the golds won by Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei under the People's Republic of China, putting China at the top of the table.
Fact-check: No evidence suggests French or Russian media used the alternative Olympic medal table | annie lab
Verdict: there is no no evidence to suggest the alternative olympic medal table with china on top was used by france télévisions. their website shows the official table with the u.s. at the top. our investigation shows the earliest appearance of the altered table that placed china at the top was posted on chinese social media weibo soon after the u.s. won the last gold medal in women's basketball.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Jingyi Yu;Jay Ganglani
Date published: 2024-08-22T05:49:53