Md Mahfooz Alam

Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

    Md Mahfooz Alam

    Fact Check: Video of TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh disrespectfully asking Amit Shah to sit down in parliament is edited
    Fact Check: Video of TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh 'disrespectfully' asking Amit Shah to sit down in parliament is edited

    Two different video clips, one of Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and the other of Amit Shah, have been merged to give the false impression that they were...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 28 Oct 2024 7:03 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Videos of Angela Merkel, Xi Jinping ā€˜avoiding handshakeā€™ with PM Modi are clipped
    Fact Check: Videos of Angela Merkel, Xi Jinping ā€˜avoiding handshakeā€™ with PM Modi are clipped

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The extended versions of the videos show both leaders shaking hands with PM Modi.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 24 Oct 2024 11:59 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Russian melody at BRICS summit NOT copied from Vishal Bhardwajs Darling
    Fact Check: Russian melody at BRICS summit NOT copied from Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Darling'

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false as the track "Darlingā€¦ā€ is inspired by the Russian Red Army choir, not the other way around.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 23 Oct 2024 1:28 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Old apology video of comedian Munawar Faruqui falsely linked to Lawrence Bishnoi gang
    Fact Check: Old apology video of comedian Munawar Faruqui falsely linked to Lawrence Bishnoi gang

    NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading. The viral video shows Faruqui apologising to the Konkani people.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 21 Oct 2024 1:21 PM GMT


    Fact Check: 2022 video of flooding in Bengaluru falsely shared as recent
    Fact Check: 2022 video of flooding in Bengaluru falsely shared as recent

    NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading. The video is from Bengaluru in 2022.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 19 Oct 2024 10:54 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Pakistani minister harassing couple for participating in Lahore protest
    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Pakistani minister harassing couple for participating in Lahore protest

    The incident occurred in 2021. The man assaulting the couple is Usman Mirza, not Pakistanā€™s Punjab education minister Rana Sikandar Hayat.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 18 Oct 2024 2:32 PM GMT


    Fact Check: House help in Ghaziabad accused of mixing urine in food is not a Muslim
    Fact Check: House help in Ghaziabad accused of mixing urine in food is not a Muslim

    Inspector Preeti from the Crossing Republic police station of Uttar Pradeshā€™s Ghaziabad confirmed to NewsMeter that Reena is from the Hindu community.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 17 Oct 2024 10:56 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Viral video of Salman Khan threatening Lawrence Bishnoi is digitally manipulated
    Fact Check: Viral video of Salman Khan threatening Lawrence Bishnoi is digitally manipulated

    The original video shows Salman Khan in conversation with his brother, Arbaaz Khan, in 2021, with no reference to Lawrence Bishnoi.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 16 Oct 2024 12:49 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Clipped video falsely viral as Salman Khan threatening Lawrence Bishnoi after Siddiquiā€™s murder
    Fact Check: Clipped video falsely viral as Salman Khan threatening Lawrence Bishnoi after Siddiquiā€™s murder

    The extended version shows a message to people violating the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 15 Oct 2024 10:20 AM GMT


    Fact Check: No evidence of 16% rise in Muslim population in Uttarakhand in 2024
    Fact Check: No evidence of 16% rise in Muslim population in Uttarakhand in 2024

    The claim that the Muslim population in the State was only 1.5 per cent in 2000 is also inaccurate.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 14 Oct 2024 12:55 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Scripted video falsely shared as Muslim woman denied entry to Durga Puja pandal
    Fact Check: Scripted video falsely shared as Muslim woman denied entry to Durga Puja pandal

    NewsMeter found that the claim was false as the video was scripted.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 11 Oct 2024 12:42 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Video from MP viral as lower caste youths assaulted for bathing in Ganges in UP
    Fact Check: Video from MP viral as lower caste youths assaulted for bathing in Ganges in UP

    The video is from Madhya Pradesh, not Uttar Pradesh and there is no caste angle to the incident.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 10 Oct 2024 10:40 AM GMT


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