Published 16:17 IST, June 15th 2020

Fact check: Is 'Paw Patrol' getting cancelled for its portrayal of police?

Fact check: Various social media posts were suggesting that 'Paw Patrol' has been cancelled but those rumours have since then been proven false. Read more.

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Origin

Paw Patrol is one of most famous animated series for children which is based on a squad of canine helpers. show originally released back in 2013 and has been enjoying a successful run on television since n. But, recently, entire discussion surrounding police brutality which sparked countrywide protests in USA after death of George Floyd also put various police-based shows under bus. Shows like Cops and Live PD were cancelled after facing major backlash for its representation of police work.

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As various shows around police department started to get cancelled in USA, a number of users started making memes suggesting that w even kids shows like Paw Patrol will also get cancelled for ir depiction of cops. A number of memes started pointing out that Paw Patrol will be next show to get cancelled which resulted in a plethora of memes begin shared about same. Check out some of m below -

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Contrary to popular belief, show Paw Patrol has t been cancelled. official social media handle of show recently had come forward on June 2, 2020, and pledged that y won't be posting anything till June 7, 2020, to give access to different communities to get ir voices heard.

All posts made surrounding cancellation of Paw Patrol have been made in a satirical form and do t hold any seriousness to it. But, memes and satire have come to light after getting prompted by earnest calls made by various people to get shows based on cop lives to get suspended. re have been concrete pieces of evidence which suggest that Paw Patrol has been cancelled. Many netizens do t wish for show to get cancelled and all memes getting circulated on internet are purely intended for fun.

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Google Trends analyisis

As news of Paw Patrol getting cancelled started doing rounds on internet, a number of people took to Google and searched for same. This resulted in a surge of search results about same. Check it out below -