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Sweden declares sex as sport and hosts first competition

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
Thoughts?

My thoughts are that fact-checking is a best practice before spreading alleged news.

DW said:
Fact check: False

"All this information is false," Anna Setzman, spokesperson for the Swedish Sports Confederation, said in a written statement from Stockholm to DW. "Right now, false information is being spread in some international media about Sweden and Swedish sports," she added. "These are vigorously denied."


Snopes said:
Context

While a "European Sex Championship" promoted by an unofficial organization called the "Swedish Federation of Sex" may take place, it would be independent of any official recognition from, or membership in, Sweden's national sports body, which rejected the organization's application.

 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
My thoughts are that fact-checking is a best practice before spreading alleged news.






Of course it was a sensationalistic title...which is not something literal.
It's to ironize on the event.
 

Stevicus

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
My thoughts are that fact-checking is a best practice before spreading alleged news.







Gee, what a letdown. Get people all worked up for a sex championship and it turns out to be a hoax. Some people have a cruel sense of humor. ;)
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Gee, what a letdown. Get people all worked up for a sex championship and it turns out to be a hoax. Some people have a cruel sense of humor. ;)
It's a fact that in Europe people have a progressive attitude towards premarital sex...
and speaking of sex is not a taboo.
I mean... Americans love to visit Europe, and this is one of the reasons... ;)
 

We Never Know

No Slack
My thoughts are that fact-checking is a best practice before spreading alleged news.






From your snopes link it seems a group did file for it though but were rejected

"While a "European Sex Championship" promoted by an unofficial organization called the "Swedish Federation of Sex" may take place, it would be independent of any official recognition from, or membership in, Sweden's national sports body, which rejected the organization's application."
 
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