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      Nirmala Sitharaman Calls Out A Parody Handle For Fake Quote On Rahul Gandhi

      Republic's parody handle tweets a fake quote attributed to Nirmala Sitharaman, she in turn calls them out.

      By - BOOM FACT Check Team |
      Published -  10 Sept 2018 2:56 PM IST
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      A parody handle of news channel Republic TV tweeted a statement supposedly made by the Union Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman. The tweet quoted the minister saying, "Is Rahul Gandhi really on Mansarovar Yatra?? Why is he sharing Edited pics, even the shadow of stick was not there in one of the Pic he shared."

      The parody Twitter handle @RepubliicTV, created in April 2018 had around 121 followers at the time of writing the story.

      Is Rahul Gandhi really on Mansarovar Yatra?? Why is he sharing Edited pics, even the shadow of stick was not there in one of the Pic he shared::Defence Minister in BJP Headquarter, File Pic pic.twitter.com/ic5Cmuwmc4

      — Republiic (@RepubliicTV) September 8, 2018

      You can find the archived version of the tweet here. The tweet got got more than 650 likes, 428 replies and 227 retweets.

      Meanwhile the Union Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman called out the tweet from the parody account.

      .Fake News Alert! Nothing of the above was spoken. A supposedly ‘parody’ account!

      — Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) September 9, 2018

      While many on Twitter noticed that the handle is not an official handle of the news channel, Manickam Tagore, a former MP and Secretary of All India Congress Committee, tweeted that Sitharaman is unfit to the the Defence Minister. Tagore later deleted the tweet but his tweet can be accessed here.

      But the account that tweeted the false information clearly mentions that it is a parody account in its description. The name of the Twitter handle has an extra 'I' and the Twitter handle is also different from the original account of Republic news channel. Not only this but the logo of the parody account is also different than the original one.

      The original Twitter handle of the news channel Republic is @republic and has around 477k followers.

      This is not the first time parody handles of news channels have created confusion. A Twitter parody handle @LimesofIndia has 17,000 followers and tweets frequently. Recently, it called the official Times of India fake.

      Beware of this fake Twitter handle masquerading as real account pic.twitter.com/uuTaVFnxlQ

      — Limes Of India (@LimesOfIndia) September 7, 2018

      Another handle @TiimesHow has also fooled several users in the past who thought that it is the official Times Now handle. The handle which also declares itself as satire and parody in its description has over 12,000 followers.

      Parody handle of Times Now Screenshot of parody handle of Times Now

      Some other active parody handles on Twitter, include that of @CNNews69, @NDVT2002. Both the handles have declared themselves as parody handles.

      While many users have asked Twitter to take down such handles as they mislead users into retweeting their tweets, the platform has a clear policy regarding parody and satire handles.

      Twitter's policy states that users are allowed to create parody, newsfeed, commentary, and fan accounts on Twitter, provided that the accounts follow the requirements as mandated by them -

      Twitter Courtesy: Twitter

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      Fakefake newsfeaturedMinister of defenceNirmala Sitharamanparody accountRepublicTwitter
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      Claim :   Defence Minister Nirmala SitharamanIs Says, 'Is Rahul Gandhi Really On Mansarovar Yatra?'
      Claimed By :  Twitter User
      Fact Check :  FALSE
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