Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
An American woman was gang-raped in Manali.
Fact
Viral CBS news report dates back to June 2013.
Several social media users are circulating a 19-second clip, purportedly of a CBS news report, on a 30-year-old American tourist being gang-raped in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, mocking India. The video is viral against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent three-day visit to the United States, where he attended the Quad Leaders’ Summit, addressed thousands of members of the Indian American community in Long Island, and spoke at the UN’s Summit of the Future.
The archived version of the post can be seen here. One post has clocked 20.4K views so far.
Fact Check
Newschecker ran a keyword search for “American tourist gang-raped Manali CBS this morning”, which led us to the same report on Youtube, uploaded by CBS News on June 4, 2013.
“Indian police say an American woman was gang-raped at a resort town in Northern India while hitchhiking back to her guest house in the town of Manali. Norah O’Donnell reports,” read the description of the video.
We came across multiple news reports on the case, seen here, here and here, confirming that the incident is from June 2013.
“The 30- year-old tourist had left for Vashisht (three kilometres from Old Manali) on Monday night around 10 pm to meet her friends. She left her friend’s house at 1 am and was on the highway when the accused trucker stopped and offered her a lift. The trucker and his friends took her to a secluded spot and she was raped,” read an India Today report, dated June 8, 2013, quoting then Kullu superintendent of police Vinod K Dhawan.
Conclusion
Old CBS news report on gang-rape of American tourist in Manali shared as recent incident.
Result: Missing Context
Source
Youtube video, CBS News, June 4, 2013
NDTV report, June 5, 2013
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
