A fake screenshot of a tweet claiming Rahul Gandhi used “Cricketer” for Late Sushant Singh Rajput is viral.
A shocking news of a fine young actor Sushant Singh Rajput broke the internet yesterday, with condolences pouring in from all, celebrities to politicians to supporters.
An alleged screenshot also became viral on WhatsApp prominently with small presence on other platform as well.
A Bengali Facebook page “News 100” made a video out of it.
“Sushant Singh Rajput is a cricketer, not an actor”
Sushant Singh Rajput is a cricketer, not an actor, Remarks by Rahul Gandhi, the young prince of the Congress”
Karuna Gopal (Spl Invitee BJP State Exec Committee |Member Sub Committee BJP National Manifesto| President Future Cities |MRICS ,UK | IVLP Fellow | Harvard Kennedy School USA) tweeted but later deleted
Deleted –
A twitter handle @PKotekar tweeted but deleted
Truth
The viral image is edited, The word “actor” is digitally replaced by “Cricketer”
Real Tweet
Zooming the Viral tweet shows a dot on ‘C’ of the Cricketer which can not appear in a regulat tweet, can only show in digital work.
Comparision –
- The viral tweet wasn’t found on Rahul Gandhi’s timeline.
- Only the word was replaced, both image shows exactly 7:31 PM on 14th June 2020
- Every viral fake image is exactly the same, with same red hand drawn line under the word. Rahul Gandhi is a prominent personality, so him tweeting something wrong will obviously get everyone’s attention with all taking screenshots, some from mobile, some on laptop/desktop, some using different fonts, some using dark background, but none such other image was found.
- Further, many people archive such tweets using various archiving websites e.g. archive.is but this viral text wasn’t found in any.
- Few people who tweeted the fake one, deleted it later an apologized.
Karuna Gopal deleted the tweet and apologized –
I deleted the tweet but knowing Rahul Gandhi I thought it’s true ! Anyone would .
And threatening someone onprnly on a public platform is also an offence . I hope you know that @SaketGokhale https://t.co/ljlVOH7C5m— Karuna Gopal (@KarunaGopal1) June 15, 2020
Another man Pkotekar also deleted his previous fake tweet and tweeted
I Re-posted this tweet without checking the facts. It's a horrible mistake. I delete it anyway. I apologize for misleading my friends and followers who have RT'd it. pic.twitter.com/bWgN8gWqHA
— #BeHonest.🇮🇳 (@PKotekar) June 15, 2020
A similar fake tweet screenshot was viral last month targetting actor Jaaved Jaafery
The viral alleged screenshot of actor Jaaved Jaaferi’s tweet is fake.
More Fake
Ur talented Rahul Gandhi 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Does not even know the difference between a actor n a cricketer 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Shame
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/kOzcl9cemV— 🚩 ||देशभक्त राजा || 🚩( 🚩🚩राज 🚩🚩) (@hindutvaraja) June 15, 2020
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