{"id":23722,"date":"2018-12-06T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=23722"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T12:18:59","slug":"no-ravish-kumar-did-not-report-fake-news-on-christian-michel-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-ravish-kumar-did-not-report-fake-news-on-christian-michel-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Ravish Kumar did not report fake news on Christian Michel extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior journalist Ravish Kumar is once again in the cross hairs of fake news purveyors. After news poured in that Christian Michel, the &#8216;middleman&#8217; in the Agusta Westland chopper scam had been extradited from the UAE, a video clip of Ravish Kumar began circulating on social media with the claim that Kumar has reported just the opposite.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Special report on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChristianMichel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChristianMichel<\/a> by Ravish and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nidhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nidhi<\/a> \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hWsflJY6jm\">pic.twitter.com\/hWsflJY6jm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shash (@pokershash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokershash\/status\/1070305424363020288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet which was posted in the evening of December 5 has garnered over 4500 likes and over 2500 retweets. Several other <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iSKatiyar\/status\/1070514323791859712?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handles<\/a> too have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia_RC\/status\/1070322967773618176?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> this clip, in which Ravish Kumar is saying, <em>&#8220;My colleagues Nidhi Razdan and Nita Sharma have reported Wednesday evening that the Dubai court has not given any order\/directive for extraditing Christian Michel to India. The court had simply made an observation which was not even related to Michel. But on Tuesday, many reporters, referring to sources broke this news and conducted debates&#8230;&#8221; (translation)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The above clip is circulating on Facebook as well, where it has been posted by a page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PMOIndiaReportCard\/videos\/vb.723903324336026\/276441416548684\/?type=2&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>PMO India Report Card<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PMOIndiaReportCard\/videos\/276441416548684\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PMOIndiaReportCard\/videos\/276441416548684\/\"><p>\u0928\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u0935\u093f\u0936 \u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091a\u093f\u092f\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0942\u090f\u0908 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0926\u093e\u0932\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u092b\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u0916\u0940 \u0925\u0947 (\u091a\u0947\u0939\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u0941\u0916 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u091d\u0932\u0915 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948) \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0925\u093e, \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u093f \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u091d\u0942\u0920 \u0938\u093e\u092c\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0936\u093f\u0936 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0925\u0940, \u091c\u092c\u0915\u093f \u092c\u093e\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0940 \u0925\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PMOIndiaReportCard\/\">PMO India : Report Card<\/a> on Wednesday, December 5, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other pages which have posted it include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFrustratedIndian\/videos\/vb.370463842989100\/363917934361400\/?type=2&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Frustrated Indian<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSatire.in\/videos\/284691455515810\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TheSatire.in<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BHARAT.untoldstory\/videos\/585581328530107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bharat: An Untold Story<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FOPM69\/videos\/365012240937458\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Farrago Against Paid Media<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-696x869.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-1068x1334.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01-336x420.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-195342_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Individual users on Facebook have shared it as well, ridiculing Ravish Kumar for his &#8216;reporting&#8217; of the extradition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-768x918.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-696x832.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-1068x1277.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01-351x420.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_20181206-123010_01.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Old report broadcast in September 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The video clip of Ravish Kumar circulating on social media is NOT a recent report following the extradition of Christian Michel. Alt News found that it was broadcast on the prime time show on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cEmjkRcpCYc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>NDTV India<\/em><\/a> on September 19, 2018. The video of the same is available on YouTube and is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prime Time With Ravish Kumar, Sep 19, 2018 | Why Was Media Told Michel Was Going to be Extradited?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEmjkRcpCYc?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><\/p>\n<p>In the above video, the portion from 0:41 to 1:27 corresponds to the 45-second video clip which has been circulated. Moreover, Ravish Kumar&#8217;s reference to Nidhi Razdan reporting that the UAE court has passed no order for extradition is corroborated by a tweet of Razdan dated September 19, 2018, the same day as the broadcast. In her tweet, Razdan reiterates that there is no court order to extradite Michel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Imp update- there is no court order to extradite Christian Michel, it is learnt that on 26th Aug, the UAE govt asked the court whether a British national can be extradited to a 3rd country. On 2nd Sept, the court gave an opinion, NOT an order. Indian Embassy verifying further<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nidhi\/status\/1042395741187186688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same had been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1042379181827403776?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported by <em>ANI<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOIIndiaNews\/status\/1042444744868225024?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Times of India<\/em><\/a> on September 19, 2018. Meanwhile, the latest report of <em>NDTV India<\/em> on Christian Michel&#8217;s extradition can be <a href=\"https:\/\/khabar.ndtv.com\/video\/show\/prime-time\/cbi-special-court-sends-christian-michel-to-five-day-cbi-custody-500765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ravish Kumar is an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/journalist-ravish-kumar-relentlessly-targeted-on-social-media-via-fake-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> incessant target<\/a> on social media, mostly through the use of fake, outrageous quotes but also occasionally through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-right-wing-propaganda-ravish-kumar-claim-sisters-suspended-due-corruption-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumours<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior journalist Ravish Kumar is once again in the cross hairs of fake news purveyors. After news poured in that Christian Michel, the &#8216;middleman&#8217; in the Agusta Westland chopper scam had been extradited from the UAE, a video clip of Ravish Kumar began circulating on social media with the claim that Kumar has reported just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":23738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-23722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Ravish Kumar did not report fake news on Christian Michel extradition - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Ravish Kumar did not report fake news on Christian Michel extradition - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senior journalist Ravish Kumar is once again in the cross hairs of fake news purveyors. 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