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.

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

Fact Check: Old video of a Russian missile malfunctioning falsely linked to Hezbollah in Lebanon

The video shows a malfunctioning Russian missile that backfired in 2022.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 9 Oct 2024 9:41 AM GMT

Fact Check: Shooting incident of Imam in UP’s Meerut shared with communal twist

NewsMeter found the claim is false as the victim and accused belong to the same community

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 7 Oct 2024 3:20 PM GMT

Fact Check: Old video of pilgrims in Iraq falsely peddled as Palestinians evading Israeli attacks using Indian flags

The video shows Indian pilgrims in Iraq on their journey to Karbala during the Arbaeen Walk of 2023.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 5 Oct 2024 12:13 PM GMT

Fact Check: Old video of Ukraine destroying Russia’s tank passed off as Hezbollah's attack on Israel

The video depicts a Russian T-90 tank destroyed by Ukraine's anti-tank-guided missile in October 2023.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 4 Oct 2024 6:28 AM GMT

Fact Check: Old video of Israel’s Rafah bombing falsely shared as Iran’s attack on Jewish state

The video in question depicts an Israeli attack on a refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza, which occurred on February 12, 2024.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 3 Oct 2024 6:54 AM GMT

Fact Check: Old video of Netanyahu running to vote falsely viral as him taking cover from Iranian missiles

The video is from 2021, inside the Knesset - the Israeli Parliament - when Netanyahu was hurrying to cast his vote.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 2 Oct 2024 11:49 AM GMT

Fact Check: Viral video does not show Yemen’s Houthi attacking Israeli ship

NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video showed an explosion of an oil tanker off the Nigerian coast in 2022.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 1 Oct 2024 1:31 PM GMT

Fact Check: Video from 2018 falsely peddled as Shia-Sunni riot in Lebanon after Nasrallah’s killing

NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is from 2018 and is not linked to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 30 Sep 2024 2:39 PM GMT

Fact Check: Video showing Jagan ‘throwing away theertham’ is clipped

NewsMeter found the claim was false, as the video in circulation was zoomed and clipped deliberately to show Jagan’s actions in bad light.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 27 Sep 2024 12:39 PM GMT

Fact Check: Video of Pope’s visit to East Timor falsely linked to rally by AIMIM’s Imtiaz Jaleel

NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is from Pope Francis’s visit to East Timor.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 24 Sep 2024 1:13 PM GMT

Fact Check: Pakistani firm falsely linked to adulterated ghee controversy at Tirupati Temple

The screenshot shows the employee names of a Pakistan-based company AR Foods (Pvt) Limited, not India’s Tamil Nadu-based AR Dairy Food Private...

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 23 Sep 2024 11:42 AM GMT

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