{"id":24017,"date":"2018-12-15T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=24017"},"modified":"2019-03-18T19:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:02:29","slug":"no-european-times-did-not-term-indian-voters-foolish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-european-times-did-not-term-indian-voters-foolish\/","title":{"rendered":"No, ‘European Times’ did not term Indian voters “foolish”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“\u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0916 \u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0924\u093e\u00a0<\/span>\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u091c\u094b \u0905\u0935\u0948\u0927 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u092a\u0948\u0920\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0948\u0930\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u094b\u091f \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u2015\u092f\u0942\u0930\u094b\u092a\u093f\u092f\u0928 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u092e\u094d\u0938 (The world’s most foolish voters reside in India. They vote for politicians who lobby for illegal intruders – European Times).”<\/em>\u00a0This statement<\/a>, attributed to ‘European Times’, is widely circulated on social media with an image of\u00a0President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.<\/p>\n

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The image has a logo ‘BJP 4 All’ and the post seems to have first appeared on a Facebook page by the same name. This was on October 28<\/a> and the claim has drawn over 500 shares since. The post has been circulated by other pages<\/a> and several individual users<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n

A similar claim floating on Facebook adds the word ‘Rohingya’<\/a> to the post, suggesting that ‘European Times’ termed Indian voters the most foolish in the world because they vote for politicians lobbying for ‘illegal Rohingya intruders’.<\/p>\n

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‘European Times’ doesn’t exist <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Alt News found that the claim is manufactured. There is no media outlet called ‘European Times.’ However, there is a similarly named magazine –\u00a0The European Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>We searched for multiple keywords on Google – India\/Indian voters, illegal intruders\/migrants – using the syntax site:european-times.com, but did not find any related report on the magazine.<\/p>\n

Moreover, reverse searching the image of EC President\u00a0Jean-Claude Juncker reveals<\/a> that the photograph was taken on August 30, 2018 by\u00a0Reuters\u00a0<\/em>photojournalist\u00a0Aris Oikonomou. It was clicked during the annual seminar of the European Commission College in Genval.<\/p>\n

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Since the conclusion of the recent assembly elections, a new trend of misinformation is noticeable. The example above tries to blame voters by questioning their intellect. Earlier, a false report attributed to\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>claimed that the publication praised PM Modi.\u00a0In several other instances, we observed that false narratives of riots<\/a> and Pakistani flags<\/a> being raised post BJP’s loss in the recent state assembly elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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