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\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0901\u0917\u093e \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 (Congress minister stuck in Kashmir snowfall asked army for help, army asked them for proof that they are stuck),<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/em> is a message <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Namo2019PM\/permalink\/961571447510720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30979 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi.png 1056w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-1024x822.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-990x795.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-260x210.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Facebook groups and individual users on both Facebook and Twitter have widely circulated the message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30985 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/modi-990x990.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A quick scroll through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Namo2019PM\/permalink\/961571447510720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments section<\/a> of most of these posts is a testament to the fact that most people believed the message to be true.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31006 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/comments.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/comments.png 726w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/comments-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Satire<\/h2>\n<p>The text viral on social media has been picked from a satirical article by <em>Faking News.\u00a0<\/em>The title of the article is the same as the message.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0930\u094d\u092b\u093c\u092c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0901\u0917\u0940 \u092e\u0926\u0926, \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0901\u0917\u093e \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lD4htdVRQE\">https:\/\/t.co\/lD4htdVRQE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Faking News (@fakingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fakingnews\/status\/1107522063353298944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Faking News\u00a0<\/em>specifies in its bio that it is a satirical website, yet people shared the title of its article as authentic news.<\/p>\n<p>Some individuals also shared a photograph of people trying to push a jeep stuck in the snow, which was the same image used in the <em>Faking News\u00a0<\/em>story. A Google reverse-image search led us to a free stock photos website that described the <a href=\"https:\/\/libreshot.com\/car-stuck-in-the-snow-mongolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photograph<\/a> as &#8211; <em>&#8220;Car stuck in the snow \u2013 Mongolia&#8221;. <\/em>It was uploaded on the website in 2013 by a user named Martin Vorel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31007 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1.png 1648w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1-1024x855.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1-990x827.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-1-1-1320x1102.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time that social media users fell for a satire or a parody handle. Last month, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satire-on-kapil-sibal-regarding-mallyas-extradition-shared-as-authentic-news\/\">satire on Kapil Sibal regarding Mallya\u2019s extradition was shared as authentic news<\/a>. Recently, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/scientists-dead-in-karachi-bomb-blast-tweet-by-parody-account-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet by a parody handle that scientists died in Karachi bomb blast<\/a> was believed to be true by many.\u00a0It is, however, simple to debunk such claims by searching for the message on Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0930\u094d\u092b\u093c\u092c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0901\u0917\u0940 \u092e\u0926\u0926, \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0901\u0917\u093e \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 (Congress minister stuck in Kashmir snowfall asked army for help, army asked them for proof that they are stuck),&#8220; is a message viral on social media. 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