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

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: Old video shared as Israeli embassy set on fire in Bahrain amid conflict with Hamas
    Fact Check: Old video shared as Israeli embassy set on fire in Bahrain amid conflict with Hamas

    the incident in the video is unrelated to the current Israeli-Hamas conflict. It shows people setting fire to a police station in Sitara, Bahrain, in...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 21 Oct 2023 3:12 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video of Israels UN envoy tearing human rights report linked to ongoing conflict
    Fact Check: Old video of Israel's UN envoy tearing human rights report linked to ongoing conflict

    The video is two years old and has no link to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 20 Oct 2023 6:28 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old image of infant killed in Lebanon shared as casualty of war in Gaza
    Fact Check: Old image of infant killed in Lebanon shared as casualty of war in Gaza

    NewsMeter found that the image is from Lebanon in 2006.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 20 Oct 2023 4:19 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video from Syria falsely shared as Hamas burning Israeli soldiers alive
    Fact Check: Old video from Syria falsely shared as Hamas burning Israeli soldiers alive

    The video shows the Islamic State (ISIS) group burning two Turkish soldiers alive in 2016.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 19 Oct 2023 4:21 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video of prayer meeting at Al-Aqsa mosque falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war
    Fact Check: Old video of prayer meeting at Al-Aqsa mosque falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war

    The clip is unrelated to the ongoing war and dates back to at least April 2023.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 19 Oct 2023 4:05 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Hamas rocket misfire on Gaza hospital
    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Hamas rocket misfire on Gaza hospital

    NewsMeter found that the video doesn’t show an attack on Gaza hospital and is at least as old as 2022.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 19 Oct 2023 3:43 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video game clip shared as Israeli sniper killing Hamas fighter
    Fact Check: Video game clip shared as Israeli sniper killing Hamas fighter

    The video does not show a real incident. It is a military simulation created using Arma 3, a video game simulator.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 18 Oct 2023 7:58 PM IST


    Fact Check: Did Zomato hire a model to drive around in Indore for company’s marketing?
    Fact Check: Did Zomato hire a model to drive around in Indore for company’s marketing?

    Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal took to the microblogging website to clarify that his company has nothing to do with the woman.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 17 Oct 2023 5:20 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of police pushing away cycle rider from VIP convoy is not from Andhra Pradesh
    Fact Check: Viral video of police pushing away cycle rider from VIP convoy is not from Andhra Pradesh

    The convoy in the video belongs to the Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister and the video was recorded in September 2023.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 17 Oct 2023 3:34 PM IST


    Fact Check: Fabricated audio makes CNN ground footage of Israel-Hamas war look fake
    Fact Check: Fabricated audio makes CNN ground footage of Israel-Hamas war look fake

    NewsMeter found that the video had been manipulated by adding external audio.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 16 Oct 2023 6:14 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video shows Arma 3 video game footage, not a firefight between Israel and Hamas
    Fact Check: Video shows Arma 3 video game footage, not a firefight between Israel and Hamas

    The footage is not real and is from the video game called Arma 3 – an open-world, tactical-shooter video game that promises ā€œtrue combat gameplay in a...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 16 Oct 2023 4:09 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video of Lebanese protesting at Israel border falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict
    Fact Check: Old video of Lebanese protesting at Israel border falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict

    The viral video is two years old and has no link to ongoing conflict.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 14 Oct 2023 4:02 PM IST


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