{"id":299249,"date":"2025-05-21T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299249"},"modified":"2025-05-21T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:03:00","slug":"on-first-day-first-show-for-dd-sudhir-chaudhary-runs-old-unrelated-videos-as-indian-air-defence-foiling-pak-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/on-first-day-first-show-for-dd-sudhir-chaudhary-runs-old-unrelated-videos-as-indian-air-defence-foiling-pak-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"On first day, first show for DD, Sudhir Chaudhary runs old, unrelated videos as Indian air defence foiling Pak attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Star’ anchor Sudhir Chaudhary began his stint at public broadcaster Doordarshan with a bang, just as he had done three years ago when he joined Aaj Tak.<\/p>\n

Keeping his unenviable track record of sharing false information on the first day, first show intact, Chaudhary showed old, unrelated videos as footage of India’s air defence system destroying Pakistani jets, in his debut show for DD News on May 15, 2025. In his earlier avatar, as the host of the Aaj Tak programme ‘Black & White’, Chaudhary had misattributed a quote to Mark Twain in the very first episode aired on July 19, 2022.<\/p>\n

In March this year, the Indian Express reported<\/a> that Prasar Bharati had inked a Rs 15-crore annual deal with Chaudhary to host a one-hour segment on Doordarshan on weekdays starting mid-May. A teaser for the show, titled ‘Decode’, shared by DD News on X shows Chaudhary saying that the truth is often kept under lock and key; he would decode it for viewers.<\/p>\n

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Sudhir Chaudhary brings in-depth news analysis to #DDNews<\/a> \u2014 DECODE<\/p>\n

Coming SOON@sudhirchaudhary<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zVwZQpqtB6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DD News (@DDNewslive) May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chaudhary’s show ‘Decode’ premiered on the state-run Hindi news channel at 9 pm on May 15.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/zucNsvyu4t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first episode of ‘Decode’ focused on the India-Pakistan conflict. At the 15.25-minute mark<\/a> in the show, Chaudhary showed some footage of missiles hitting targets on ground while observing that the three wings of the Indian armed forces, the Army, the Air Force and the Indian Navy, had already cornered Pakistan. Readers can watch the relevant part here:<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_q2JhMwM9FU?si=PYaWLPBs1wkHNj8S&start=925]<\/p>\n

Here is a screengrab from the moment:<\/p>\n

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The footage shows in this segment has no connection with the recent India-Pakistan conflict. Several social media users had shared the same video on May 7 with false claims. In a fact check published on the same day<\/a>, Alt News explained that the footage was of Iranian missiles targeting the Nevatim airbase in Israel’s Negev desert in early October, 2024. In fact, the same video is available on the YouTube channel of DD India<\/a>. It was uploaded on October 2, 2024. The caption says, “Iranian missiles targeting the Nevatim airbase in the Negev Desert.”<\/p>\n

To sum up, Sudhir Chaudhary, on his first show on DD News, showed a video claiming it was from the India-Pakistan conflict. The same video is available on DD India’s YouTube channel since October 2024 as an Iranian attack on Israel.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s not all.<\/p>\n

Again, around the 26:48-minute mark of the show, Chaudhary said, “\u091c\u092c \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u0936\u0939\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u090f\u092f\u0930\u092c\u0947\u0938\u0947\u091c \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0924\u092c \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u090f\u092f\u0930 \u0921\u093f\u092b\u0947\u0902\u0938 \u0938\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0926\u0926 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u090f. \u0907\u0928\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u094b \u090f\u092f\u0930 \u0921\u093f\u092b\u0947\u0902\u0938 \u0938\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u092e\u094d\u0938 \u0939\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0930\u0936\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0916\u0930\u0940\u0926\u0947 \u0925\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u090f\u092f\u0930 \u0921\u093f\u092b\u0947\u0902\u0938 \u0938\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0921 \u0907\u0928 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936\u0924\u0940\u0930…” (When Pakistan attacked various Indian cities and airbases, we thwarted those attacks with the help of our air defence systems. Two of these air defence systems were bought from Russia while one, called Akashteer, was made in India.) Through the 20-second duration where he said this, visuals of an aerial combat against the night sky played on screen. Watch here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/s9dqA__gANb-Arkq.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

This clip, too, has no connection with the India-Pakistan conflict.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the height of the conflict, the same clip was aired by several channels, including, Aaj Tak, NDTV, Times Now, News18, Times Now Navbharat, ABP News, One India, News Nation, and India TV, as visuals of an aerial fight over Jaisalmer, in which Indian air defence systems foiled an attack by Pakistan.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a Hindi fact-check<\/a> report published on May 9 (published\u00a0in English<\/a> on May 12), a week before Chaudhary’s show, Alt News explained that the footage had no connection to the India-Pakistan conflict. The viral video has been on the internet since at least 2021. It was uploaded by NSFchannel<\/a> on YouTube on May 11, 2021, with a caption saying that it showed Israel\u2019s air defense system, the Iron Dome, in action.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, viewers who watch the first episode of ‘Decode’ (dated May 15) on YouTube now will not find the above section. After careful viewing, it becomes clear that the problematic part has been removed. Chaudhary’s lines in that bit sound like this now: “\u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947-\u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092c\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0907\u0938 \u092f\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0908-\u0928\u0908 \u0921\u093f\u091f\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0906 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948… \u092e\u0947\u0921 \u0907\u0928 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936\u0924\u0940\u0930” (As time goes on, more details about the conflict emerge. Is made in India and is called Akashteer). It is evident that the part before ‘\u092e\u0947\u0921 \u0907\u0928 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e’ has been clipped out.<\/p>\n

Watch from the 26:40-minute mark here:<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_q2JhMwM9FU?si=PDHj8faxRX6JGIQZ&start=1600]<\/p>\n

Clipping the video, however, did not close the chapter. As luck would have it, a follower of Chaudhary who wanted to express her pleasure at him joining her ‘favourite’ channel, posted a recording of ‘Decode’ playing on her television on X. This recording showed exactly the part that has now been removed\u2014the three-year-old, unrelated visual from Israel linked to the India-Pakistan conflict. “… We missed the credible news during war,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

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#Decode<\/a> Sudhir sir, thanks for coming back and that too on my old favourite DD news,<\/p>\n

Kindly help on to remove continuous \u2018beep beep sound\u2019, this is very annoying, just a suggestion though.<\/p>\n

Welcome back i love your shows so much and we missed the credible news during war. pic.twitter.com\/7kdKCDHhoa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shoi Chakraborty (@ShoiChakraborty) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chaudhury shared her post<\/a> and thanked her for watching his show.<\/p>\n

‘A Lie can Travel Halfway Around the World while the Truth is Still Putting on its Shoes’<\/h4>\n

Sudhir Chaudhary joined the India Today group’s Hindi channel Aaj Tak as consulting editor in July 2022, after stepping down as the CEO of Zee Media.<\/p>\n

On July 19, \u2018Black & White\u2019 premiered on Aaj Tak with Chaudhary as the host. In the first episode, while referring to a rumour that was circulated regarding the Indian Army’s Agnipath scheme, Chaudhary claimed that American author Mark Twain said, \u201cA lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n