The pictures show morgues in the US, rather than an attempt by the media to hide photos of the victims of the floods in Valencia.
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00:00These morgue pictures don't show the hidden bodies of Valencia flood victims.
00:08Misinformation about the devastating floods in Valencia continues to spread online,
00:13more than two months after the disaster hit the Spanish city.
00:16These pictures, for example, are being shared on X,
00:19supposedly showing the bodies of some of those killed in the floods.
00:23You can see body bags stored in what appear to be morgues,
00:26and the pictures are often shared with other images,
00:28which are more readily identifiable as being from Valencia.
00:32The caption of this post says that journalists are hiding the photos
00:35of the victims of what it calls a genocidal tsunami.
00:39Instead, the media does show the bodies of immigrants arriving in Spain by boat,
00:43according to the post.
00:44The photos, however, have nothing to do with the Valencia floods or Spain in general.
00:49A reverse image search of one of the pictures takes us to an eight-year-old article about
00:53a street race court case in Los Angeles.
00:55We can see that the image shared on X in connection with the Valencia floods
00:59is actually a cropped version of the headline image here.
01:02The article, published in April 2016, says nothing about any natural disasters in Spain.
01:07Instead, it explains that the court ordered a 19-year-old to spend time
01:11in a Los Angeles morgue to see what happens to those who engage in reckless driving,
01:16after he was found guilty of taking part in a street race that killed two people.
01:20A reverse image search of the other picture tells a similar story.
01:24This one takes us to an article published in September 2016,
01:27which also deals with a group sentenced to tour a morgue, this time in San Diego.
01:32The sentences were handed down to educate at-risk youths and adult criminals
01:36on the potential consequences of their actions.
01:38Ultimately, the case of these falsely attributed images suggests that there
01:42isn't any media conspiracy to hide the bodies of those who died in the Valencia floods.
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