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      Did A Quarantined Australian Couple Have Wine Delivered By A Drone?

      Several media outlets fell for the social media antic and reported the 'prank' as news.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  23 Feb 2020 7:07 PM IST
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      Did A Quarantined Australian Couple Have Wine Delivered By A Drone?


      Multiple news articles and social media posts published in February 2020 claimed that an Australian couple who were quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan due to the novel coronavirus outbreak had wine delivered to them by a drone. The claim is false; the couple later told an Australian radio station that their social media posts about the wine delivery were a "prank".

      The claim was published by media organisations worldwide, including in this article by Hong Kong-based viral site 9GAG on February 13, 2020.

      The headline states: "Aussie Couple Ordered Wine Via Drone On Quarantined Coronavirus Cruise Ship."

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      The article reads in part: "Jan and Dave Binskin, from Queensland, have documented their journey of boredom and booze while stranded on the Diamond Princess ship off the coast of Tokyo for the past week.

      "The couple then reached out to the Naked Wine Club and — much to their delight — received two bottles of Pinot Noir that was delivered to their cabin door by drone."

      Below is a screenshot of the misleading article:

      A screenshot of the 9GAG report

      The Binskins were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan at the time. As of February 17, 2020, at least 355 people on board have been infected with the coronavirus despite passengers being confined to their cabins during a 14-day quarantine, as reported in this AFP article.

      A similar claim about the wine delivery was made in this article by the MailOnline, the website for British newspaper The Daily Mail.

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      The New York Post also reported the story here. Tweets linking to the New York Post article can be found here, here, here and here.

      Other news articles featuring the same story were published here by US-based technology site Gizmodo, here by US news site ABC 14 News, here by Australian based news site Nine.com.au, and here by Australian news site Pedestrian.tv.

      The claim is false; the couple told a national radio programme that the story was a joke.

      In an interview published here by Australia's Radio National on February 17, 2020, Jan Binskin said the story was a "just an upbeat, positive prank" and that the couple only drank wine that was already on the ship.

      "We got it from our cabin steward," Binskin can be heard saying at the 11-minute mark in the clip, after she was asked about the wine delivery. "We just couldn't believe that. Because [nobody] ever checked [it], and all of a sudden we knew it was on the news. It just came off our personal Facebook. It was just an upbeat, positive prank...it was like "gotcha!"'

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      The couple published this photo of a wine bottle and two glasses on Facebook on February 9.

      The post's caption states: "Do people still believe in fairy tales ?????".

      The confusion arose after the couple posted this image of the wine on their shared Facebook page on February 7. The post's caption states: "Naked Wine Club your [sic] incredible just got the First Drop Thank God For Drones the Japanese Coast Guard did not know what the Fuck was going on."

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      9GagThe Daily MailNew York PostWinesocial media prankQuarantine seaFake NewsAustraliaCOVID-19
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      Claim :   Australian couple quarantined due to Coronavirus on cruise ship had wine delivered by a drone.
      Claimed By :  Viral news sites and Social Media posts
      Fact Check :  False
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