It may or may not be the case that actor Johnny Depp participated in a British pop band’s song blaspheming Jesus Christ. Every news organization from Reuters to ABC claims this is so, but they all rely on a report by the British tabloid The Daily Star, which now appears to be at least partially false, at least according to E!. Unlike reporters from the more “serious” news outlets, E! actually bothered to fact-check its sources.
And according to E!, which originally mimicked other news agencies in parroting The Daily Star’s claims, a spokesman for Focus on the Family—one of two Christian groups cited by The Daily Star for condemning Depp—has denied issuing any such condemnation.
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