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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
Slogan against PM Narendra Modi, painted on a road in Tamil Nadu during his recent visit to the southern state.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
PM’s Visit To Kanyakumari
The PM on Saturday concluded his 45-hour meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari, coinciding with the conclusion of polling for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
Fact
Newschecker ran a reverse image search, which led us to this tweet from journalist Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh, dated January 11, 2020, stating that it was from a street in Kolkata’s Esplanade area. A further search led us to a Times of India report, dated January 13, 2020, sharing a photo of the graffiti, taken from another angle, stating that it was painted during a protest against CAA and NRC in Kolkata, amid a visit by PM Narendra Modi.
“The epicentre of protest against CAA and NRC shifted from Esplanade to Park Circus on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an aerial route over the city and flew out of the Kolkata airport around 12.30pm on Sunday. However, even though the protesters were gone, they left behind a number of messages painted with permanent street paint and white cement on the city’s most popular square,” read the report.
We noticed that the sign on the building in the image read, “Metro Channel Control Post”, following we looked up the corresponding area on Google Maps.
A comparison with the Google Maps image (left) further confirms that the viral image (right) is from Esplanade, Kolkata and not Tamil Nadu.
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Result: Missing Context
Source
Tweet, Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh, January 11, 2020
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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.
