{"id":338407,"date":"2026-04-27T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-was-the-correspondents-dinner-shooting-staged-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:00:48","slug":"fact-check-was-the-correspondents-dinner-shooting-staged-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-was-the-correspondents-dinner-shooting-staged-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Was the correspondents&#8217; dinner shooting staged? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/SHQM4y82EW8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Was the correspondents' dinner shooting staged? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHQM4y82EW8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that US President Donald Trump and members of his administration were the target of the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Saturday. Meanwhile, there are many conspiracy theories being spread that the attack has been staged. What is this all about? A DW fact check.  <\/p>\n<p>#dwfactcheck<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s believed that US President Donald Trump and members of his administration were the target of the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Saturday. 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