{"id":51040,"date":"2019-11-14T20:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51040"},"modified":"2019-11-14T20:37:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T15:07:42","slug":"photoshopped-image-of-ndtv-india-report-targeting-shahrukh-khan-over-burj-khalifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photoshopped-image-of-ndtv-india-report-targeting-shahrukh-khan-over-burj-khalifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshopped: Image of NDTV India report targeting Shahrukh Khan over Burj Khalifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201c\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092e\u091d\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0913 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u094b \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f ..! #ShahRukhKhanBirthday\u201d (<\/em><em>&#8220;What is this, a true Muslim would never do this, should we suppose that Shahrukh Khan is not a true Muslim, that too for a mere two crore rupees!&#8221; &#8211; translation).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The above message has been shared on Twitter along with a screenshot of a report by the Hindi news channel <em>NDTV India<\/em>. The title of the report supposedly is, <em>\u201c2 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u095c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u093f\u0916\u0935\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0916\u0932\u0940\u092b\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e\u0964 \u092a\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u092f\u0940, \u0905\u092c \u095e\u094b\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0930\u093f\u0938\u0940\u0935 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0959 \u0916\u093e\u0928\u0964\u201d (He got his name written on the Burj Khalifa for 2 crore. When it came to payment, Shahrukh Khan is not receiving his phone- translation).\u00a0<\/em>The screenshot has been tweeted by one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shuklapinku\/status\/1191045263235768320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinku Shukla<\/a>, who has a following of around 85,000 which includes cabinet minister Piyush Goyal, the office of Nirmala Sitharaman and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayavargiya. (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/INnrz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092e\u091d\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0913 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u094b \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f ..!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShahRukhKhanBirthday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShahRukhKhanBirthday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R1cA6PcPVD\">pic.twitter.com\/R1cA6PcPVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0942 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e (@shuklapinku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shuklapinku\/status\/1191045263235768320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The screenshot of <em>NDTV India<\/em> has also been posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=967110773644714&amp;set=a.115190018836798&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> with the identical message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umakant.misra.14\/posts\/967110810311377\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/umakant.misra.14\/posts\/967110810311377\"><p>\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092e\u091d\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0913 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u094b \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f ..!<br \/>\n#ShahRukhKhanBirthday<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umakant.misra.14\">Umakant Misra<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/umakant.misra.14\/posts\/967110810311377\">Sunday, November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the basis of these posts, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/5ZtmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Opindia<\/em><\/a> published an article titled, &#8216;<em>SRK \u0928\u0947 \u0959\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u0936 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0916\u0930\u094d\u091a \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u090f \u20b92 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u095c? \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u0930\u094d\u091a\u093e\u201d (Did SRK spend 2 crore to wish himself on his birthday? Social media abuzz- translation).\u00a0<\/em>The article referred to a Dubai based news website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/media\/425927-revealed-how-much-it-costs-to-get-your-ad-to-light-up-burj-khalifa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Arabian Business<\/em><\/a>, which informs readers about the cost of using the facade of the Burj Khalifa for marketing or promotion. However, this article contains nothing about the supposed expense of Rs 2 crore by Shahrukh Khan. Several Twitter users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%20%20https%3A%2F%2Fhindi.opindia.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fentertainment%2Fdid-shah-rukh-khan-pay-to-flash-his-name-on-burj-khalifa-on-birthday%2F&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the article by <em>Opindia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0940\u0915\u0947\u0902\u0921\u094d\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0916\u0932\u0940\u092b\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0930\u0947\u091f \u092c\u0922\u093c \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u0938 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u093e\u0922\u093c\u0947 3 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u092f\u0942\u090f\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u0930\u0939\u092e \u0916\u093c\u0930\u094d\u091a \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u093e\u0901\u091a \u092e\u093f\u0928\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u090a\u0901\u091a\u0940 \u0907\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092a\u094d\u0930\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092b\u093c\u094d\u0932\u0948\u0936 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f 10 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u092f\u0942\u090f\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u0930\u0939\u092e \u0924\u0915 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0921\u093c \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKVpd9Gt2X\">https:\/\/t.co\/oKVpd9Gt2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0911\u092a\u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e (@OpIndia_in) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpIndia_in\/status\/1191034766440591361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News received requests on the official app for verification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1.png 542w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1-74x55.png 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1-111x83.png 111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj1-215x161.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To fact-check this image, Alt News perused the <em>NDTV India<\/em> website and found <a href=\"https:\/\/khabar.ndtv.com\/news\/bollywood\/shah-rukh-khan-birthday-celebrated-by-burj-khalifa-video-viral-on-social-media-srk-2126458?akamai-rum=off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one report<\/a> pertaining to Shahrukh Khan published on his birthday. The title of the report found on the NDTV India website is, &#8216;<em>\u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0902\u0917 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908 \u0915\u093e \u2018\u092c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0916\u0932\u0940\u092b\u093e\u2019, \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a\u0940 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c\u2026\u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932\u00a0 Video&#8217; (Dubai&#8217;s Burj Khalifa splashed with image of Shahrukh Khan, big growd gathers to watch. view viral video- translation).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the below image, the difference between the actual <em>NDTV India<\/em> report and the viral screenshot has been shown.<\/p>\n<p>1. The date of the publication.<\/p>\n<p>2. The pictures in the report.<\/p>\n<p>3. The caption of the images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-990x765.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2-1320x1020.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/burj2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As can be seen, the title in both is different and so is the font.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDTV India<\/em>&#8216;s report was photoshopped and shared on social media. Images of reports by media organizations are often photoshopped, in order to depict the information as genuine, like this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/photoshopped-news18-graphic-credits-pm-modi-for-death-of-is-leader-baghdadi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photoshopped graphic of <em>News18<\/em><\/a> which credited PM Modi for the death of IS chief Baghdadi. In another instance, an image of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/hw-news-ran-photoshopped-image-of-an-old-aaj-tak-promo-clarified-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Aaj Tak<\/em> promo<\/a> was photoshopped and shared.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092e\u091d\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0913 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u094b \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f ..! #ShahRukhKhanBirthday\u201d (&#8220;What is this, a true Muslim would never do this, should we suppose that Shahrukh Khan is not a true Muslim, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":51062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-51040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/FAKE.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51040"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51063,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51040\/revisions\/51063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51040"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=51040"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}