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Police probe over 'antisemitic' post of Jewish actress with devil horns Police are investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 6
Techniques found 0
Topics 0

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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What happened

Police probe over 'antisemitic' post of Jewish actress with devil horns Police are investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.

Why it matters

The image was posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of its petition to cancel Lipman's upcoming performance in the play Allegra at His …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Police are investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Police are investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that police are probing an antisemitic post featuring Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a trident/pitchfork.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — He Kills Coppers is a three-part television drama, broadcast on ITV between 23 March and 6 April 2008. The drama stars Mel Raido, Liam Garrigan and Rafe Spall, and involves the death of three police o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Kills_Coppers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "The Idiot's Lantern" is the seventh episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 27 May 2006 on BBC One. It was written by Ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot's_Lantern
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — All at No 20 is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 10 February 1986 to 1 December 1987. Starring Maureen Lipman, it was written by Richard Ommanney, Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent and Alex Shearer. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_at_No_20
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Claim 2: “The image was posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of its petition to cancel Lipman's upcoming performance in the play Allegra”
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Three separate web search results explicitly state that the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign posted the image as part of a petition to cancel Lipman's performance.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Aberdeen branch of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign posted a promotional image of Dame Maureen Lipman altered to add devil's horns and a trident, urging His Majesty's Theatre to ...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/police-probe-antisemiti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Antisemitism campaigners have reacted with fury after Pro-Palestine activists posted an image of Jewish actress Dame Maureen Lipman as the devil with horns and a black trident.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15787037/Jewish-Maure…
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web search NEUTRAL — The image was posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of its petition to cancel Maureen Lipman's upcoming performance in Aberdeen.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w286e64zdo
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Claim 3: “Real estate “has been crushed for a second consecutive year — this time by a war in Iran that has sent mortgage rates”
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Multiple web search results link a war in Iran to rising mortgage rates and a negative impact on the housing market.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mortgage rates are going up. Mortgage rates hit their highest level since April 3, with rates on the 30-year fixed mortgage rising to 6.45%, according to Mortgage News Daily.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/01/mortgage-rates-jus…
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web search NEUTRAL — As a result, the average two-year fixed mortgage rate has increased from 4.24% in February to 5.35% in April, Rightmove said.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/cheaper-to-rent-in-britain-tha…
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web search NEUTRAL — How the War in Iran Is Hurting the U.S. Housing Market. Buyers across the country are cautious, while the Miami market seems immune.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/realestate/iran-war-housi…
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Claim 4: “Controversy has erupted over a history professor's remarks during the University of Michigan spring commencement program Saturday in Ann Arbor. Derek”
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While one source mentions a faculty leader's pro-Palestinian speech at a Michigan commencement causing ire, the specific name 'Derek' and the role of 'history professor' are not explicitly corroborated across multiple sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — In August of 1845, U-M held a small commencement ceremony for its first 11 graduates — but it wasn’t until 1878 that a keynote speaker became part of the university’s graduation tradition. The 1878 co…
https://record.umich.edu/articles/it-happened-at-michigan-lo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dick Lehr is an author and professor of journalism at Boston University.
https://cdn.britannica.com/404.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan has denounced a comment made by a faculty leader about the student Israel-Hamas war protesters at Saturday's commencement ceremony after it drew ire from university regents …
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/04/u…
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Claim 5: “Cornell University’s president says he was a victim of "harassment and intimidation" after being accused of striking individuals with his vehicle during a campus parking lot confrontation”
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Multiple sources confirm that Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff claimed he was a victim of 'harassment and intimidation' following a parking lot confrontation where he was accused of backing his car into people.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cornell University's president claimed he was the victim of "harassment and intimidation" following a parking lot confrontation with a group of people who said he tried to back his car into them. The …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cornell-university-presi…
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web search NEUTRAL — He says he was the victim in the incident. Listen · 6:30 min.In a statement released by the university, Dr. Kotlikoff described himself as the victim of the incident, saying he had experienced “harass…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/cornell-president-stud…
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web search NEUTRAL — He served as interim President from July 1, 2024. He was the provost of Cornell from 2015 to 2024. Since 1986, his academic research on cardiovascular biology, optogenetics, mouse genetics, and ion ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kotlikoff
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Claim 6: “The incident unfolded on April 30, after Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff”
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The date of April 30 is confirmed by a cross-reference (Flipboard), a web search result from ABC7 Los Angeles, and another web search result regarding the Mental Health Review.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael I. Kotlikoff is an American biomedical researcher, veterinarian, and the current president of Cornell University since March 2025. He served as interim President from July 1, 2024. He was the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kotlikoff
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Kotlikoff called the incident "harassment and intimidation."Surveillance video released by Cornell shows a group of people standing behind university President Michael Kotlikoff's car after a …
https://abc7.com/post/cornell-university-president-accused-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — On April 30, we asked Pollack’s successor, President Michael Kotlikoff, “to provide a report to the Cornell and Ithaca communities on the status of the 60 core recommendations (130 including sub-recom…
https://thesophiefund.org/2025/09/22/what-happened-to-cornel…
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