{"id":18414,"date":"2018-08-22T20:29:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=18414"},"modified":"2018-08-22T20:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:59:42","slug":"yet-another-parody-account-of-times-now-times-wow-targets-navjot-singh-siddhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/yet-another-parody-account-of-times-now-times-wow-targets-navjot-singh-siddhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet another parody account of Times Now \u2013 Times Wow, targets Navjot Singh Siddhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Special report: Singh Sidhu returns from Pakistan wearing a green turban. Interacting with the media, he said &#8216;Allah Hu Akbar&#8217; instead of his usual &#8216;Thoko Taali&#8217; (translation)&#8221;<\/em>. These words along with a photograph of Navjot Singh Siddhu in which he is seen wearing a green coloured turban has gone viral on social media. It has been shared by multiple individual users on Facebook. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parody account of Times Now viral on social media\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/285832050?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"526\" height=\"436\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>THE ORIGIN OF THE MESSAGE<\/h2>\n<p>This was first presented as a report by a Twitter account <em>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesWow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Times Wow<\/a>&#8216;<\/em> which is a parody handle of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesNow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Times Now<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0916\u093e\u0938 \u0916\u093c\u092c\u0930 :- \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0930\u0947 \u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0917\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u094c\u091f\u0947 \u0928\u0935\u091c\u094b\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0942 ||<br \/>\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u0942\u092c\u0930\u0942 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f &quot; \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 &quot; \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 &quot; \u0905\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0939 \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0905\u0915\u092c\u0930 &quot; || <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q2t0ougt5f\">pic.twitter.com\/q2t0ougt5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TIMES WOW (@TimesWow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesWow\/status\/1031150306279604224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was posted by the Twitter handle <em>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesWow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TimesWow<\/a>&#8216;<\/em> at 5:26 pm on August 19, and at the time of writing this article, it had been retweeted over 1,000 times and &#8216;liked&#8217; over 2,300 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/2018-08-20-16_33_34-times-wow-now-2.jpg\" alt=\"2018-08-20 16_33_34-times-wow-now (2)\" width=\"465\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-nsm-2-3992\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the above image, we have shown the difference between the Twitter handles of <em>Times Wow<\/em> and <em>Times Now<\/em>. As can be seen, the parody handle has a logo almost identical to that of <em>Times Now<\/em>. It has replaced &#8216;<strong>N<\/strong>&#8216; with &#8216;<strong>W<\/strong>&#8216; and clearly mentions that it is a parody account for entertainment purposes. The <em>Times Now<\/em> account has a blue tick which indicates that this is the official account of the channel. However, social media users tend to be deceived and are unable to spot the difference.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph of Sidhu wearing a green turban has a watermark of ANI, which indicates that the photograph has been taken by the news agency. Alt News found that this photo had been posted by ANI at 3:26 pm on August 19 with the message, <em>&#8220;If someone (Pak Army Chief General Bajwa) comes to me&amp;says that we belong to the same culture &amp; we&#8217;ll open Kartarpur border on Guru Nanak Dev&#8217;s 550th Prakash Parv, what else I could do? Navjot Singh Sidhu on hugging Bajwa at Pak PM Imran Khan&#8217;s oath-taking ceremony in Islamabad.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If someone (Pak Army Chief General Bajwa) comes to me&amp;says that we belong to the same culture &amp; we&#039;ll open Kartarpur border on Guru Nanak Dev&#039;s 550th Prakash Parv, what else I could do?: Navjot Singh Sidhu on hugging Bajwa at Pak PM Imran Khan&#039;s oath-taking ceremony in Islamabad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMXowapA8q\">pic.twitter.com\/BMXowapA8q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1031117680323883009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Navjot Singh Sidhu was present at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/navjot-singh-sidhu-arrives-in-pakistan-to-attend-imran-khans-oath-taking-ceremony-1902151\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">oath taking ceremony<\/a> of Imran Khan on August 18. Sidhu&#8217;s act of hugging the Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa has already created a huge <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/891160\/sedition-case-filed-against-navjot-singh-sidhu-for-hugging-pakistan-army-chief\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">controversy<\/a>. On returning from Pakistan and speaking to reporters, Sidhu had said what has been reported by <em>ANI<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Spreading disinformation in the garb of news through parody accounts of <em>Times Now<\/em> has happened earlier as well. There is another parody handle of <em>Times Now<\/em> called <em>Times How<\/em> which often posts false information. Many social media users have believed <em>Times HOW<\/em>&#8216;s posts as real news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/mpai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/mpai.jpg\" alt=\"mpai\" width=\"696\" height=\"664\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/mpai.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/mpai-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/mpai-440x420.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have seen on numerous occasions how tweets by parody accounts of news channels are presented as actual news and how social media users are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cnn-newsi8-india-tooday-times-how-and-repubiictv-how-parody-accounts-fool-social-media-users\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foxed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of examples whereby tweets by <em>Times HOW<\/em> were construed as real and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/madhu-kishwar-tweets-fake-quote-attributed-kapil-sibal\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared by social media<\/a> users. Some months back, a parody account of ANI was spreading disinformation on social media. The account was suspended by Twitter after it was reported by <em>ANI<\/em> editor Smita Prakash. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a fake handle, peddling fake news under the garb of &#039;parody&#039;. He\/She is illegally using ANI pix as well as mirroring the logo of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ANI<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ani_digital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ani_digital<\/a> . <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TwitterIndia<\/a> I hope you expand your scope of cracking down on fake news like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@facebook<\/a> is doing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQAnjuqgCt\">https:\/\/t.co\/LQAnjuqgCt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smitaprakash\/status\/990819974435438593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, it is perplexing as to why <em>Times Now<\/em> hasn&#8217;t taken any action against these parody handles who are putting out misinformation by impersonating their brand. <em>Times HOW<\/em> has managed to hoodwink even sections of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/times-how-returns-snares-janta-ka-reporter-this-time-with-satirical-tweet\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mainstream media<\/a>. News channels are at the very least expected to complain against parody accounts posting fake news in their name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Special report: Singh Sidhu returns from Pakistan wearing a green turban. Interacting with the media, he said &#8216;Allah Hu Akbar&#8217; instead of his usual &#8216;Thoko Taali&#8217; (translation)&#8221;. These words along with a photograph of Navjot Singh Siddhu in which he is seen wearing a green coloured turban has gone viral on social media. 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