{"id":125350,"date":"2022-08-14T13:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=125350"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:59:08","slug":"fact-checking-times-nows-dispatch-presenting-a-local-politician-as-a-cleric-of-a-jammu-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-checking-times-nows-dispatch-presenting-a-local-politician-as-a-cleric-of-a-jammu-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-checking Times Now’s dispatch presenting a local politician as a cleric of a Jammu mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 10, Time Now tweeted<\/a> a video report by journalist Pradeep Dutta. The entire report is shot within the confinement of a mosque where an alleged cleric of the mosque can be seen speaking to a few attendees about the importance of the Indian national flag.<\/p>\n

In the seven-minute-long video report, we see the Times Now journalist speak with the alleged cleric as well the attendees, who are very “enthusiastically” listening to the sermons. A total of nine people can be seen in attendance, among which a few of them appear to be senior citizens.<\/p>\n

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While speaking to the people in a mosque, cleric from a Jammu mosque tells people the importance of Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and says go for #HarGharTiranga<\/a> with zeal and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Watch @deepduttajourno<\/a>‘s #exclusive<\/a> conversation with him. #TIMESNOWOnGround<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MVy0a4IGKk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same report has also been shot in Hindi as well and was tweeted<\/a> by Times Now Navbharat on the 10th. In the Hindi report, the Times Now reporter refers to the man as “Maulana<\/em>“. In this report at the 2:20 minute mark, the reporter asks the man if there’s any external pressure on him or if he’s being forced to raise the flag. To which the man responds by saying that there is no pressure on him at the moment.<\/p>\n

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#JammuKashmir<\/a> \u0915\u0940 #ThatriJamiaMasjid<\/a> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0932\u092e, \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u0928\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930#TimesNowNavbharat<\/a> \u0915\u094b #YouTube<\/a> \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u092c\u094d\u0938\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0907\u092c \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902
\n\ud83d\udc49: https:\/\/t.co\/ogFsKfs8b9<\/a>#TimesNowNavbharatOriginals<\/a> @deepduttajourno<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aKJh0xlRZI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Times Now Navbharat (@TNNavbharat) August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This video report has been re-shared twice (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) by Times Now Navbharat on August 12.<\/p>\n