In recent days, a news cutting has been circulating on social media claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been called the “Last Hope” for the world by the New York Times. The news cutting has a headline that reads “Last, Best Hope of Earth” and “World’s most loved and most powerful leader is here to bless us”, alongside a picture of PM Modi. Upon investigation by DFRAC team, it was found that this news cutting is fake and edited.
A Twitter user named Mumukshu Sanatani shared the cutting and wrote – Today’s New York Times Front Page | Is there anything left to say after this?
#Modi_hai_to_mumkin_hai #ModiInUS
Apart from this, a Twitter user named MNS2024 wrote – Front page of today’s New York Times. Is there anything left to say after this 😊💐 #ModiInUSA #ModiUSVisit2023 #Modi4PM2024 #ModiHaiToMumkinHai
Fact-check :
The viral news cutting is claimed to have been published in the 26 September 2021 edition of the New York Times. However, when the DFRAC team checked the published edition, there was no such news on the front page. Moreover, upon further investigation, it was found that the news cutting had been edited.
Conclusion :
Hence, DFRAC’s fact-check clarify that the viral news cutting is fake, as it has been edited and not published by the New York Times.
