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White House Debate Competition Hoax
On 29 March 2023 several prominent news media outlets in Bangladesh disseminated a report claiming that a Bangladeshi schoolboy had achieved extraordinary success in a virtual parliamentary debate tournament organized by the White House, which later turned out to be a hoax. The perpetrator forged documents, including certificates and news screenshots, and created a fake website to fabricate their success in a debate competition organized by the White House. The competition itself did not exist, and the claims made by them were debunked by multiple fact-checking teams. Background According to the circulated reports, a Bangladeshi schoolboy, Shah Muhammad Rakib Hasan, 17, purportedly achieved unprecedented success in a virtual parliamentary debate tournament organized by the White House. The news claimed that the student had broken all existing records, demonstrating exceptional debating skills and outperforming participants from around the world, and he was to be awarded by the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800, using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by British forces in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
