{"id":109438,"date":"2021-12-30T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T12:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109438"},"modified":"2021-12-30T18:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T12:47:30","slug":"fact-check-did-the-richest-man-in-america-john-ford-convert-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-the-richest-man-in-america-john-ford-convert-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did the richest man in America ‘John Ford’ convert to Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the last week of November, several social media accounts have been posting two images of a caucasian man. In one of the images, he appears to be crying. The photos have been shared with the claim that the man is John Ford, “the richest man in America” who converted to Islam.<\/p>\n

Several users posted this on high network pro-Islam Facebook pages or groups such Mufti Menk’s Lectures<\/a> [about 9 lakh followers], Spiritual journey to Islam<\/a> [about 2 lakh followers]; and Psps Media<\/a> [20K followers]. Over 200 accounts posted this image. [view spreadsheet<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Facebook user Mohammed Saad Saifi’s post gained over 5,000 shares. He wrote the viral claim in the Hindi language. (\u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u0906\u0926\u092e\u0940 \u091c\u0949\u0928 \u092b\u094b\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 190 \u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0940 \u091a\u0948\u0928\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0902. \u0906\u091c \u0907\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u0908\u0938\u093e\u0908 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0930. \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e.)<\/p>\n

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Former Nangarhar Province Afghan Governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil also posted this claim.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil (@GovernorAmarkhi) March 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

False claim<\/h4>\n

After conducting multiple reverse image searches, Alt News found that the viral images are a screenshot of a 2018 video. As per Khaleej Times<\/a>, the video allegedly shows a man from the US who converted to Islam. The report states that the video was widely shared on Instagram but does not identify the man.<\/p>\n

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The video was also uploaded on YouTube<\/a> in May 2018. At the 40-second mark<\/a>, one of the Muslim men leading the ceremony addresses the caucasian man by his name however, it isn’t coherent.<\/p>\n

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We performed a keyword search to find about “John Ford”. As per US-based news outlet Variety<\/a>, John Ford\u00a0stepped down as general manager of\u00a0NPACT in 2019. NPACT is a trade organization serving producers of nonfiction entertainment content. The organisation has 100+ member companies.<\/p>\n

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Alt News looked at Ford’s portfolio on a website called ReelScreen<\/a> and it lists the various media organisations he has worked for. The excerpt reads, “Ford served as president and GM of Discovery Channel from 2007 through the end of 2009, and also served as president and general manager of Discovery\u2019s Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel, whose conversion to Investigation Discovery (ID) he initiated. He also was EVP, Programming and Production for the National Geographic Channel from 2003-07 and, prior to that, worked at Discovery Communications for 13 years, re-launching and heading TLC, launching Discovery Health Channel, and heading all content for Discovery Networks US.”<\/p>\n

However, the man in the viral video and Ford are two different persons. The image comparison below establishes the same. Alt News couldn’t identify the man in the viral video.<\/p>\n

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The claim that John Ford is the richest man is also false. Below is the video ‘The 10 Richest People In America From 2010-2021’ by Forbes that doesn’t list his name.<\/p>\n

[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aTmqHsCKKH8[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n

To sum it up, a video of the religious conversion of an alleged US man to Islam has been shared with the false claim that he is “John Ford who owns 190 channels in the USA”. This claim was earlier fact-checked by FactCresendo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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