Claim:
Home Depot ended its 30-year sponsorship of the Olympics because of the controversial opening ceremony of the 2024 Games.
Rating:
Labeled Satire ( About this rating? )
On July 30, 2024, the Facebook page America - Love It Or Leave It posted a meme claiming Home Depot ended its longstanding sponsorhip of the Olympic Games.
The post appeared to suggest the home improvement company retracted its support for the Games after the controversial opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
(Facebook user America's Last Line of Defense)
The post had amassed more than 14,000 interactions at the time of this writing. An example of the meme also appeared on X .
Some social media users seemed to believe the rumor. One comment on the Facebook post read: "Thank you Home Depot! This is only one of the many reasons why I shop Home Depot! Always!" Another said: "Great decision by a great company."
However, the claim originated from a Facebook page that described its output as satirical in nature. Its Facebook Intro said: " A subsidiary of the America's Last Line of Defense network of trollery. Nothing on this page is real."
Likewise, the " About Us " section of the America's Last Line of Defense website stated:
Everything on this page is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. Any similarities between site's pure fantasy and actual people, places and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical.
No news outlets published reports about Home Depot withdrawing its sponsorship of the Games in response to the 2024 opening ceremony.
America's Last Line of Defense has a history of making up stories for shares and comments. In June 2024, Snopes addressed a satirical claim that former soccer player Megan Rapinoe was disqualified from the Soccer Hall of Fame. In July 2024, we also debunked a satirical rumor that former football player Colin Kaepernick was unemployed, broke and freeloading off former teammates. Both were linked to America's Last Line of Defense.
We also have addressed other claims about the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, including the assertion it referenced "The Last Supper" and a rumor Samsung withdrew $1 billion in endorsements in response to the "woke agenda."
For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
Sources:
"About Us." Dunning-Kruger-Times.Com, 1 Aug. 2022, https://dunning-kruger-times.com/about-us/ .
Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ALLODRetro/posts/pfbid02zeKaRxVYFUTvenW3Rui3RknM1yenrLtMKAWXmgQEZaJZk7RrU1Z6GDnQyL4uKxi8l . Accessed 31 July 2024.
Izzo, Jack. "Olympic Opening Ceremony Featured Da Vinci's 'Last Supper'?" Snopes, 30 July 2024, https://www.snopes.com//news/2024/07/30/olympics-last-supper/ .
Liles, Jordan. "Samsung Withdrew $1B Sponsorship from Paris Olympics Due to 'Woke Agenda'?" Snopes, 30 July 2024, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/samsung-billion-sponsorship-olympics/.
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