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In the realm of fake news has dawned upon us and how. I mean, in a sea of Whatsapp forwards and unscrupulous ‘Breaking’ news, the line between real and fake. And the chances of falling prey to these unverified claims is more often than you think.
Remember when the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi made a boo-boo after posting a video of an elderly woman claiming it was PM Narendra Modi’s mother? If you haven’t guessed it already, there is an addition to the already list.
But before anything, I’m interested in knowing if you have come across a beautifully lit Golden Temple, amidst innumerable paper lanterns. You know, just like these tweeps on Twitter.
1. ‘Stunning.’
How stunning is the Golden Temple looking. No crackers and instead lanterns up in the sky…🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/IPZYe2AJwo
— SUHEL SETH (@Suhelseth) October 20, 2017
2. ‘Beauty.’
https://twitter.com/koenamitra/status/921329314897039361
3. ‘Absolute heaven.’
Absolute Heaven🌹Golden Temple, Amritsar. No fire works but lanterns in the sky reflected in the sarovar surrounding the Gurudwara @hvgoenka🌹 pic.twitter.com/Nmqxdtu4cb
— Jaspreet Singh (@Jaspreet68BJP) October 20, 2017
Even Big B took to Twitter express is exasperation!
this is simply DIVINE … !! https://t.co/R5DiAsMzOp
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 20, 2017
But as it turns out…the otherwise too-good-to-be-true image is not true after all!
That’s right. All thanks to investigators in the Twitterverse got together to scrutinise the picture. See for yourself.
1. Lo karlo baat.
It's a photo-shopped image… pic.twitter.com/5c3GlOQ39R
— राजेश केजरीवाल (Rajesh Kejriwal) (@raj20k) October 21, 2017
2. Fake pic alert!
Fake and more fake coming from bhakts and their under cover megaphone 📣
— Vivek Singh (@singhvivek73) October 21, 2017
3. Well-played!
https://twitter.com/i_amlanp/status/921373007934775297
So much so so that, the maker of the marvel came out in the open claiming the same. He also stated that it is a piece of art and not a trick to fool people.
#HappyDiwali2017 #goldentemple picart by me
If you are going to post this then please give proper credit🙏🏼#amritsar
(Copyright) pic.twitter.com/NkiCvUfVCh— Navkaran Brar (@BrarNavkaran) October 20, 2017
Overall work is by me 🙏🏼 not by someone else & yes it’s editing & not real I’ve created art not made fool of anyone , thnx🙏🏼😊
— Navkaran Brar (@BrarNavkaran) October 21, 2017
With increasing occurrences of mis-identitity and mis-information, it’s high time we process the raw data and crosscheck it before spreading the word. Don’t you think?
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