viral post Shared by X Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly published a manifesto on Substack.
This is said to be Luigi's manifesto. pic.twitter.com/CbxKEgwkba
— Dark Hegel™️ (@Dialectiks) December 10, 2024
Verdict: False
This claim is false because the so-called manifesto is fake. Mr. Mangione's actual manifesto was published in Newsweek magazine on December 11th. A Substack spokesperson denied the validity of this claim in an email to Fact Check.
Fact check:
According to reports, the McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested, has been flooded with negative reviews. newsweek. The media reported that Google has since removed the negative reviews.
The X-post, which has garnered more than 5 million views at the time of writing, claims Mangione published the manifesto on Substack.
“This is said to be Luigi's manifesto,” the post reads. The post also includes a screenshot of a purported manifesto titled “The Allopathic Complex and Its Consequences,” in which Mangione claims that his mother's experience with neuropathy and chronic back pain led to his It details a clear sense of dissatisfaction with the industry.
That claim is false. According to post Shared on X by user @quantian1, the purported manifesto is fake as the Substack account was only 2 hours old when the article was published. A screenshot included in the post shows the publication “LM Publication” with a timestamp of “launched 2 hours ago.”
Fake, it's only been 2 hours. pic.twitter.com/2SFSCco6s2
— Quantian (@quantian1) December 10, 2024
Similarly, according to newsweekthe Substack account that published the purported manifest appears to have been opened on December 9th, and screenshots on the Internet Archive site show that the publication was posted on the Wayback Machine for two hours as of 9:43 p.m. ET. It is shown that it was made public. The news organization said the contents of the so-called manifesto were “unverified.” [Note: Please make sure my verbiage isn’t too close to Newsweek’s. Thanks!]
Additionally, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein released What appears to be Mangione's actual manifesto. The same document was issued by newsweek However, there is no mention of Mangione's mother or her alleged history of suffering from a neurological disorder.
But the document expresses Mr. Mangione's dissatisfaction with U.S. insurance prices, saying, “Frankly, these parasites simply expected it to happen.” (Related: Viral video of New York sidewalk celebration has no connection to recent CEO murder)
Check out the facts found There are no reliable reports It's also to support your argument. In fact, the opposite is true. December 10th, lead story I debunked that claim.
Additionally, a Substack spokesperson denied the validity of this claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
“We removed this post because it violated Substack's content guidelines, which prohibit impersonation,” a spokesperson said.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Thompson was shot and killed in New York on Dec. 4 on his way to UnitedHealth Group's annual investor conference. Associated Press Reported.
