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      April Fools' Day Special: When Newsrooms Couldn't Tell Fact From Fiction

      Barely four months into 2018 and marquee names of Indian media have already fallen for misinformation.

      By - Krutika Kale |
      Published -  1 April 2018 10:33 AM IST
    • Boomlive
      The tradition of newspapers in India attempting to pull a fast one on their readers on April Fools' Day has been on the decline over the past few years. While the rise of misinformation and disinformation can be credited for this, increasingly news outlets themselves cannot seem to discern fact from fiction. Barely four months into 2018 and marquee names of Indian media have already fallen for misinformation. We list some instances below.

      Indian Mainstream News Peddles Old Video Claiming Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Said ‘Jai Siya Ram’

      Several mainstream Indian news outlets were left red-faced after wrongly attributing an Emirati columnist saying ‘Jai Siya Ram’ in a two-year old video, to Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Times Now and Zee News used Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February to revive a 2016 video where the guest speaker addressing the Indian diaspora begins his speech with ‘Jai Siya Ram’. While both media outlets clearly stated that the video was old, they misidentified the speaker. The gaffe did not go unnoticed by the international press. Read BOOM's story
      here
      . Indian Media Claims Pakistan Recognized Mandarin As An Official Language Several Indian media outlets incorrectly reported that Pakistan’s Senate had recognised Mandarin as an official language in the country. The confusion stemmed from a resolution moved in the Senate of Pakistan by senator Khaleeda Parveen on February 16, 2018. The resolution recommended providing Mandarin courses for current and future Pakistani CPEC staff.  Pakistani News outlet Abb Takk was the first one to put the misinformation via Twitter. This was taken up by ANI who wrote an entire story citing Abb Takk. News outlets such as 
      News18
       , Republic TV, Times Now, Zee News ,IndiaToday; Financial Express , DNA and Outlook  picked up the story based on ANI’s report. Read BOOM's story here. Times Of India Falls For A Photoshopped Circular The Times Of India (TOI) fell for a photoshopped circular claiming to be from the VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science, in Coimbatore, banning its female students from winking like Malayalam actor and Internet sensation Priya Prakash Varrier. VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science, on its
       website
       and Facebook page have debunked the fake circular stating there were no new circulars issued in 2018. Times of India removed the story on its site after BOOM’s fact-check. The paper has stated that the article was removed as the content was found to be incorrect. Read BOOM's story here.

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