{"id":4230,"date":"2017-07-22T22:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2017-07-22T22:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T16:35:46","slug":"news18-gets-lesson-flags-twitter-users-pakistani-flag-vs-islamic-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/news18-gets-lesson-flags-twitter-users-pakistani-flag-vs-islamic-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"News18 gets a lesson in flags from Twitter users &#8211; Pakistani flag vs Islamic flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani flag in Uttar Pradesh? At least that is what News18India would like us to believe. &#8220;Uttar Pradesh, Gonda: Pakistani flag hoisted on an electricity pole, created tension&#8221;, tweeted News18India. A picture of the flag accompanied the tweet. If you believe a nationals news channel must know what the Pakistani flag looks like, you are in for a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/news18india\/status\/888591880224555009\">News18India<\/a>&#8216;s tweet and photograph of the flag<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"#UttarPradesh \u0917\u094b\u0902\u0921\u093e: \u092c\u093f\u091c\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094b\u0932 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u091d\u0902\u0921\u093e, \u092e\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0902\u092a\" width=\"640\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-696x780.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-1068x1197.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006-375x420.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Selection_22_07_2017_006.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of News18&#8217;s broadcast:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"News18 story mistaking Islamic flag for Pakistani flag\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/226564923?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On seeing the tweet, Twitter users were quick to point out that the flag in the picture was not the Pakistani flag but an &#8220;Islamic flag&#8221;. Twitter user, @Md_Hakim marked UP police on the tweet and asked them to investigate this attempt to spark communal tension. UP police in turn marked Gonda police to investigate and take action. Gonda police clarified that it was not the Pakistani flag but one which had an inscription in Urdu that can be roughly translated as &#8220;there is no one worthy of worship but Allah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4237 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/police.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/police-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/police-383x420.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the flag in question was green in colour and had a crescent, it is inexcusable that a national news channel doesn&#8217;t know the difference between such a flag and the Pakistani flag.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that a news channel has mixed up other green flags with the Pakistani flag. Times Now, <a href=\"http:\/\/m.timesofindia.com\/india\/Pak-flags-waived-at-Mirwaiz-rally-in-Srinagar\/articleshow\/47359900.cms\">Times of India<\/a> and ANI news have all made the same error in recognising Pakistani flag in the past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">J&amp;K: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq\u2019s supporters raise Pakistani flags at a rally in Srinagar\u2019s old city area. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HNJ57QPpYu\">pic.twitter.com\/HNJ57QPpYu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI_news\/status\/601019862018695168\">May 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a quick guide for media to avoid such goof-ups in the future:<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani flag: The Pakistani flag has a white band on the left. Note the colour and the angle of crescent and the star<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl.png\" alt=\"islamic flag vs pakistani flag\" width=\"723\" height=\"536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl.png 723w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl-696x516.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/isl-567x420.png 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Islamic flag: The green flag with the crescent is often regarded as an Islamic flag, though there is no prescribed flag in Islam. There is no particular flag that can be called an &#8220;Islamic&#8221; flag, though the image of the crescent and the star is associated with Islam. Past and present flags of Islamic countries have varied images or inscriptions ranging from the crescent and star, Shahada to the takbir. Contrary to popular belief, they need not always be green in colour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4240 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-1024x583.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-696x396.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-1068x608.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff-738x420.png 738w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/diff.png 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once again, we see that basic fact checking takes a back seat when it comes to breaking sensational news. News18India has now deleted the story but at the time of writing this article, the tweet was still on its website. For the deleted story, there was no apology, explanation, retraction or even an acknowledgement of the error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani flag in Uttar Pradesh? At least that is what News18India would like us to believe. &#8220;Uttar Pradesh, Gonda: Pakistani flag hoisted on an electricity pole, created tension&#8221;, tweeted News18India. A picture of the flag accompanied the tweet. If you believe a nationals news channel must know what the Pakistani flag looks like, you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-4230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News18 gets a lesson in flags from Twitter users - Pakistani flag vs Islamic flag - 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=\"News18 gets a lesson in flags from Twitter users - Pakistani flag vs Islamic flag - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistani flag in Uttar Pradesh? 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