Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso is a fact-checker with BOOM. He has previously interned at IndiaSpend as a fact-checker and was a reporting intern at Times of India, Indian Express, and Mid-Day. He is a post-graduate diploma holder in journalism from St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education, Mumbai.

Photoshopped Pic Of A Muslim Woman With A Pro-Modi Placard Revived
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Photoshopped Pic Of A Muslim Woman With A Pro-Modi Placard Revived

The original image has, “I’m a Muslim but I’m not Arab” written on it.

29 April 2019 6:30 AM GMT
No, This Is Not One Of The Sri Lankan Suicide Bombers Pictured With Zakir Naik
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No, This Is Not One Of The Sri Lankan Suicide Bombers Pictured With Zakir Naik

The man alongside Zakir Naik is a controversial Malaysian Muslim preacher Muhammad Zamri Vinoth

28 April 2019 9:04 PM GMT
2014 Photo From TN Of Youth Wearing ISIS T-Shirts Falsely Shared As Kerala
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2014 Photo From TN Of Youth Wearing ISIS T-Shirts Falsely Shared As Kerala

BOOM found that the photo was from August 2014 where 26 youth had posed wearing ISIS T-shirts in Tamil Nadu

27 April 2019 5:06 AM GMT
Old Video Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Losing Her Cool Revived With Misleading Claims
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Old Video Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Losing Her Cool Revived With Misleading Claims

BOOM found that the video is one year old when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra got agitated while participating in a candlelight...

26 April 2019 1:11 PM GMT
Video Of A Church Member Assaulting A Priest Revived As An Attack By A BJP Worker
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Video Of A Church Member Assaulting A Priest Revived As An Attack By A BJP Worker

A video of a former church member assaulting a pastor in Telangana is viral again as BJP member assaulting a priest in...

26 April 2019 7:35 AM GMT
"Some UP Women Give Birth To A Child Every Week": Did Rahul Gandhi Say That?
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'Some UP Women Give Birth To A Child Every Week': Did Rahul Gandhi Say That?

BOOM found that a 2011 UP rally video of Gandhi was edited where he was alleging corruption in a scheme for pregnant...

26 April 2019 6:33 AM GMT
Does Narendra Modi Track Twinkle Khanna on Twitter?
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Does Narendra Modi Track Twinkle Khanna on Twitter?

Using a Twitter analysis tool and certain search keywords, BOOM found that Modi and Khanna do not follow each other on...

25 April 2019 9:08 AM GMT
Old Video Of A Man Caught Wearing A Burkha Shared In Wake Of Sri Lanka Serial Bombings
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Old Video Of A Man Caught Wearing A Burkha Shared In Wake Of Sri Lanka Serial Bombings

BOOM found that it was an old video uploaded in August 2018 by a Sri Lankan Radio Station.

24 April 2019 12:03 PM GMT
Should You Keep Your Finger On An EVM Machine Till VVPAT Slip Appears? A FactCheck
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Should You Keep Your Finger On An EVM Machine Till VVPAT Slip Appears? A FactCheck

The Election Commission of India has called the message 'baseless'

23 April 2019 1:17 PM GMT
Did WikiLeaks Reveal Rahul Gandhi
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Did WikiLeaks Reveal Rahul Gandhi's Secret Family In London? A FactCheck

BOOM did not find any Wikileaks cable or news reports that revealed Gandhi was married to a Colombian woman and had two...

23 April 2019 9:49 AM GMT
Video Of Effigy Burning Stunt Gone Wrong Revived With A False Claim
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Video Of Effigy Burning Stunt Gone Wrong Revived With A False Claim

This is not a video of Karnataka Congress workers burning an effigy of PM Modi

22 April 2019 1:19 PM GMT
Video Of A Swachh Bharat Pledge Passed Off As Students Taking A Pledge Against BJP
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Video Of A Swachh Bharat Pledge Passed Off As Students Taking A Pledge Against BJP

BOOM found that the video had been edited and in the original video students were taking a pledge for Swachh Bharat.

22 April 2019 10:36 AM GMT