Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
Claim
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ignored by world leaders at the recent G7 summit in Japan’s Hiroshima.
Fact
Clipped version of a longer video is being shared out of context to make a misleading claim. In the longer version, Prime Minister Modi can be seen interacting with other leaders.
A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi standing alone while French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden engage in a conversation, is going viral on social media platforms. Those sharing the video claim it to be evidence of how the Prime Minister was ignored by the world leaders at the recent G7 summit in Japan’s Hiroshima. Newschecker found that the viral footage has been edited out of a longer video from the G7 family photo event and that in the longer version PM Modi can be seen interacting with other leaders.
Multiple Twitter users shared the video claiming, “Mr Modi at G7 Summit caught candid and lost on camera! Modi ignored by the G7 Summit leaders but Godi media creating a hype of how the Vishwaguru is being sought after. Modi-magic seems to have started fading. Lost in Karnataka and now Lost in Hiroshima. (sic)”
The archived versions of the posts can be seen here, here, here and here.
Newschecker also received the video on our WhatsApp tipline (9999499044) requesting to be fact-checked.
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Fact Check/Verification
A keyword search for “Modi,” G7 leaders” and “photo” on YouTube led us to a video uploaded on the official channel of Narendra Modi on May 20, 2023.
We spotted the viral footage around 2:27 minutes into the YouTube video, leading us to conclude that the clip has not been digitally manipulated.
The widely circulated footage was taken after the photoshoot when the dignitaries were leaving the stage. Moments later PM Modi can be seen getting off the stage while interacting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
Further, in the first few frames of the video PM Modi can be seen walking towards the photoshoot location along with French President Emmanuel Macron.
The photographs uploaded on the official website of the G7 summit in Japan also show PM Modi interacting with the French President and the Japanese Prime Minister during the “Family Photo” event.
A photograph uploaded on Getty Images features PM Modi’s interaction with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron at the event.
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Conclusion
A clipped version of a longer video is being shared out of context to show world leaders ignoring PM Modi at the recent G7 summit in Japan.
Result: Missing Context
Sources
Youtube video, Narendra Modi, May 20, 2023
G7 official website
Getty images
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Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
