Viral BBC Hindi tweet on ‘Brahmastra’ team’s monetary support for Pak flood victims is fake
Bollywood movie ‘Brahmastra’, slated to be launched in September 2022, has been within the headlines for a while now. A name to boycott the movie, too, has gained momentum on social media. Towards this backdrop, a screenshot of an alleged tweet by BBC Hindi is being circulated broadly. As per the publish, Bollywood has come ahead to supply support to victims of the extreme flooding in Pakistan. It’s written that the producer of the movie, Karan Johar, donated Rs. 5 crore, whereas actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor donated Rs. 1 crore every. Together with this, they introduced that they might donate Rs. 51 crore if the movie was a field workplace success. Ultimately, it states that Bollywood is an instance of humanity.
Twitter consumer ‘@CuteRashmika3’ posted this screenshot asking how a lot Bollywood had donated for flood aid in India and the 2022 flood victims in Assam. The tweet contained the hashtags #BoycottBramhastra #BoycottBollywood. (Archived link)
#BoycottbollywoodCompletely
How a lot cash have they given for Indian floods ??How a lot cash did Bollywood give in #Assamfloods 2022.??
“Saviour Of Humanity”#आलिया_My_Foot
#RanbirKapoor #BoycottBramhastra #BoycottBollywood #FridayFitness #ShameOnNDTV pic.twitter.com/H4eDqVRXRz— Love Is Rashmika (@CuteRashmika3) September 2, 2022
A number of different Twitter customers additionally amplified the picture in opposition of the movie ‘Brahmastra’. This screenshot is trending on Twitter with the hashtag ‘#BoycottBrahmastra‘. (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3)
The screenshot is widespread on Fb, and it’s being circulated on Instagram as effectively.
Reality-check
Taking an in depth take a look at this screenshot, we observed some inconsistencies within the language and syntax. For instance, the primary sentence ends abruptly and not using a full cease. In addition to, there isn’t any area after the comma (,) between the phrases ‘crore’ and ‘Alia Bhatt’. On the similar time, ‘and’ (aur in Hindi) is misspelt within the final line. Such grammatical errors on the a part of media organisations is uncommon. One other factor that we observed was that BBC Hindi often doesn’t tweet solely texts with out some graphics or movies. Nevertheless, the publish within the screenshot solely comprises textual content.
Subsequent, on inspecting the Twitter timeline of BBC Hindi, Alt Information couldn’t discover any tweet just like the one proven within the viral picture. We additionally observed that BBC Hindi posted a tweet on September 2, 2022, clarifying that the screenshot featured a faux tweet. BBC Hindi clearly mentioned it was the screenshot of a faux tweet and the outlet didn’t publish any such information.
FAKE NEWS ALERT
पाकिस्तान की बाढ़ और रणबीर कपूर, आलिया भट्ट की फ़िल्म ‘ब्रह्मास्त्र’ को लेकर एक फे़क ट्वीट सोशल मीडिया पर बीबीसी हिंदी के नाम से शेयर हो रहा है.
ये ट्वीट फ़ेक है और ऐसा कोई ट्वीट या ऐसी ख़बर बीबीसी हिंदी ने नहीं की है. pic.twitter.com/MVylmCz7Ix
— BBC Information Hindi (@BBCHindi) September 2, 2022
Moreover, when different tweets of BBC Hindi are in contrast with the viral screenshot, it turns into clear that the latter is faux:
- Tweets comprise a dot (.) between the timestamp and date. Nevertheless, the viral screenshot doesn’t have it.
- The alleged tweet seems to have been posted from an Android telephone whereas the BBC Hindi tweets are shared through ‘SocialFlow’, ‘Twitter Internet App’ or ‘Twitter Media Studio’.
As well as, Alt Information couldn’t discover any media report to corroborate that the ‘Brahmastra’ crew had donated to assist Pakistani flood victims.
To sum up, it’s evident from the announcement by BBC Hindi and our fact-check that the mentioned screenshot is faux. It’s pertinent so as to add that we’ve usually encountered screenshots of pretend tweets falsely shared on social media as actual. Alt Information has already revealed fact-check experiences on a number of such faux tweets, which will be learn right here.
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