{"id":52893,"date":"2019-12-06T20:55:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=52893"},"modified":"2019-12-06T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:25:11","slug":"media-misreports-image-from-2015-as-photograph-of-hyderabad-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreports-image-from-2015-as-photograph-of-hyderabad-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Media misreports image from 2015 as photograph of Hyderabad encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of December 6, news emerged that the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case were gunned down in a police encounter, close to the scene of the crime. Reporting on the development, several TV news channels broadcast a picture, claimed to be the first visual of the site of the encounter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-990x620.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1-1320x827.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_20_02-Window-1.jpg 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above image is a screenshot of a broadcast by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73tNSRkhAYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Zee News<\/em><\/a>, which flashed the picture with a watermark, &#8216;FIRST ON ZEE NEWS&#8217;, accompanied by the anchor stating, <em>&#8220;Watch these pictures, first broadcast on Zee News. After shooting the perpetrators, Zee News brings you these visuals of police action (translated from Hindi).&#8221; <\/em>The video is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hyderabad rape-murder case: My daughter got justice today, says victim&#039;s father\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73tNSRkhAYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another prominent news channel which broadcast the image as an &#8216;exclusive&#8217; visual was the Gujarati news channel <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tv9gujarati\/status\/1202787725918605312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV9Gujarati<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-1536x808.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-990x521.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window-1320x694.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/2019-12-06-18_18_38-Window.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other news organizations which broadcast this image as a photograph of the encounter include the Telugu news channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ajxbpqS2bTU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ABN Telugu<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TV9Bharatvarsh\/status\/1202787379246817280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>TV9BharatVarsh<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01-990x518.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/fi-ancou01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image has also been shared by social media users as a photograph of the recent encounter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Finally justice has been done.all four accused in Hyderabad vet rape and murder case shot dead..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForRoja?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForRoja<\/a> Rape &amp; Murder Criminals&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Encounter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Encounter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2gs59dKOd\">pic.twitter.com\/o2gs59dKOd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf (@imKalaiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imKalaiv\/status\/1202798597009330176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK: PHOTOGRAPH FROM 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found the image in question does not represent the recent encounter in Hyderabad. It was published in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Upon reverse-searching the image, Alt News found a news article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/20-red-sanders-smugglers-shot-dead-in-chittoor-encounter\/article7076614.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hindu<\/em><\/a> published in April 2015, titled &#8216;<em>20 woodcutters from TN gunned by A.P. police<\/em>&#8216;. According to the report, these men were shot dead in an alleged encounter in the Seshachalam forest at the foot of the Tirumala hills where they were found felling red sandalwood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/encounter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/encounter2.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/encounter2-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image in question dates back to 2015. This however did not prevent several TV news channels from broadcasting it as &#8216;exclusive&#8217; and &#8216;first&#8217; visual of the Hyderabad encounter. The story was earlier fact-checked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/hyderabad-encounter-news-channels-misreport-using-2015-image-6218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of December 6, news emerged that the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case were gunned down in a police encounter, close to the scene of the crime. 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