NYT’s cover image calling PM Modi 'Last, Best Hope of Earth’ is edited
Several social media users are sharing The New York Times clipping about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
By Sunanda Naik Published on 23 Jun 2023 7:38 AM GMT
Several social media users have shared The New York Times clipping about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The newspaper with a cover image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its first page calls him the "Last, Best Hope of Earth" and "world's most loved and most powerful leader is here to bless us".
Against the backdrop of PM Narendra Modi's visit to the US. the viral image is being widely circulated on social media platforms including WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook. The viral cut-out is viral for the last few years.
Fact check
NewsMeter found the claim to be false.
We started our investigation by closely analyzing the newspaper clipping and found that the date of publishing is mentioned as 26th September 2021. We further ran a search to see the original newspaper published on the same day and found an entirely different cover page altogether.
We could not spot anything regarding Prime Minister Modi. Rather we found a report featuring a picture of a bridge with the headline, ' A Nation Transformed Under Merkel Moves On'.
(Source-Screengrab of the NYT archieve)
Moving forward, we also found a clarification note by The New York Times communication on their official Twitter handle dated September 29, 2021.
The tweet reads: “This is a completely fabricated image, one of many in circulation featuring Prime Minister Modi.”
A comparison picture can be seen below.
