{"id":122944,"date":"2022-07-19T19:17:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=122944"},"modified":"2022-07-19T19:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:47:52","slug":"media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Media misreports link 2021 IAF rescue operation in Andhra to recent Telangana floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tv9hindi.com\/india\/unprecedented-godavari-floods-disrupt-the-devadula-project-works-in-hyderabad-au287-1340678.html\">widespread floods in Telangana<\/a>. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the natural calamity. The devestation of this can be seen when two farmers trapped on top of a water tank were <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/telangana-iaf-rescues-two-farmers-stranded-on-water-tank-in-flood-hit-mancherial\/articleshow\/92882232.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safely rescued<\/a> by the Indian Air Force (IAF).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the backdrop of this, multiple media channels have aired a clip of people being rescued by an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper. As per their reportage, it shows scenes of a rescue operation at the Godavari river where people are stranded on a crane surrounded by a rapid stream of water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/20ngD\">India Today<\/a> aired the visuals as people being evacuated from floodwater in Telangana.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 730552998 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/qdS69\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Times Now Navbharat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZSoey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Times Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also broadcasted the footage with the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 730550072 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8XCgr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zee Bihar Jharkhand<\/span><\/a> also aired the same video<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 730550024 w=640 h=480]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/a2WhP\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mirror Now<\/span><\/a>, another English laguage national channel, followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 730550138 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/LpBSt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TV9 Kannada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also promoted the visuals with the same reportage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 730550731 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vTmsH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News18<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, news agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GudQm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IANS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/3Ju9Y\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telangana Today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/HPBVp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telugu Stop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vCoRr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mirror Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/irPb4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Times Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Sh6sJ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VV Balakrishnan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of The New Indian Express tweeted the video as rescue operations in Telangana. Several other media outlets, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/IAlUK\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public TV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Xuk8O\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ETV Telangana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8swUp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Siasat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0yrGQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-122944 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/17-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/17.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/17-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/16-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/16.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/16-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/15-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/15.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/15-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/14-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/14.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/14-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/13-19\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/13.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/13-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/12-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/12.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/12-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-channels-like-times-now-india-today-aired-2021-video-from-andhra-predesh-as-telangana-flood-godavari-river\/11-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/11.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/11-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old video<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We noticed many users replied to The New Indian Express journalist VV Balakrishna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Sh6sJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> clarifying that this was an old video from Andhra Pradesh. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using this clue, we performed a keyword search which led us to news reports by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/andhra-pradesh-rain-andhra-pradesh-floods-andhra-pradesh-weather-watch-chopper-ziplines-and-jcb-in-dramatic-rescue-after-andhra-rain-2618120\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NDTV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/watch-iaf-mi-17-helicopter-rescues-10-people-from-overflowing-chitravati-river-101637392283863.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hindustan Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from November 2021. These reports covered IAF\u2019s rescue of 10 people trapped in the Chitravathi River in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Anantapur district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56568 jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Watch-IAF-Mi-17-helicopter-rescues-10-people-from-overflowing-Chitravati-river-Latest-News-India-Hindustan-Times.jpg?resize=810%2C613&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"613\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also found this footage in a news bulletin aired by NDTV in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Watch: Chopper, Ziplines And JCB In Dramatic Rescue After Andhra Rain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9rYP0U4h2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A YouTube channel named \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6jIJ6ircZkg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extreme Videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018 also posted the video in 2021 which is at present being passed off as visuals from recent rescue operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ff3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ff3.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ff3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ff3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ff3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In fact, in November 2021, the Indian Air Force tweeted photos with details about the rescue operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HADROps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HADROps<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndhraFlood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndhraFlood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAF_MCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IAF_MCC<\/a> Mi-17 heptr evacuated ten people stuck in the rising waters of Chitravati river in Ananthapur district, Andhra Pradesh, in difficult weather conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CEsG9EOekC\">pic.twitter.com\/CEsG9EOekC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAF_MCC\/status\/1461690275701542914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, multiple news channels misreported the 2022 Telangana floods by airing footage of the 2021 rescue operation in Andhra Pradesh by the IAF as the latest visuals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered widespread floods in Telangana. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the natural calamity. The devestation of this can be seen when two farmers trapped on top of a water tank were safely rescued by the Indian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":122995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,39,17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739,742],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-122944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-analysis","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-news","an_content_type-fact-check","an_content_type-media-analysis"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/2022-07-19-16_47_02-Untitled-design-28.jpg-WEBP-Image-1200-\u00d7-628-pixels-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122944"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122984,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122944\/revisions\/122984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122944"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=122944"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=122944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}