

{"id":64904,"date":"2020-04-23T18:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=64904"},"modified":"2021-07-07T20:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:48:17","slug":"arnab-goswamis-video-statement-alleging-attack-doesnt-predate-the-attack-unlike-claimed-by-congress-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/arnab-goswamis-video-statement-alleging-attack-doesnt-predate-the-attack-unlike-claimed-by-congress-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnab Goswami\u2019s video alleging attack, doesn\u2019t predate the attack &#8211; false claim by Congress members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnab Goswami, the editor of\u00a0<em>Republic TV,\u00a0<\/em>alleged in a video statement that he was attacked by goons affiliated with Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on April 23. He claimed that two bike-borne men pounded on his car windows and threw bottles when he was driving home from work with his wife. Since then, several social media users have accused Goswami of manufacturing the alleged attack. National coordinator of Congress IT cell Gaurav Pandhi claimed that the metadata of Goswami&#8217;s video reveals that it was shot much before the alleged attack. Congress member <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurajMNHegde\/status\/1253212085837656064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suraj Hegde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i_theindian\/status\/1253191587699417089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter handle Rofl Republic<\/a> also tweeted the purported metadata.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd38Arnab has a Y category security<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd38His security guards caught the attackers, who then talked at great length &amp; were let off?\ud83d\ude02<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd38Why were they not handed over to the Police?<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd38Also metadata of the video put up by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Repuplick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Repuplick<\/a> suggests it was shot much before the alleged incident <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mXNOj5Anag\">pic.twitter.com\/mXNOj5Anag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GauravPandhi\/status\/1253161422713806848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>National campaign in-charge of IYC, Srivatsa, claimed that BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit knew about the alleged attack before the information was shared by <em>Republic TV.\u00a0<\/em>His claim was based on the timing of the tweets put out by the channels and the two individuals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ashoke Pandit knew about attack on Arnab a full ten minutes before it supposedly happened \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PaidNazi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PaidNazi<\/a> enthu cutlets of BJP IT cell started posting their drafted tweet much before they were supposed to<\/p>\n<p>Arnab hire better scriptwriters and directors next time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SQuk870KHJ\">pic.twitter.com\/SQuk870KHJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srivatsayb\/status\/1253175782840492032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That Patra knew of the alleged attack before <em>Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>was also tweeted by the handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dostam_comrade\/status\/1253054223522189312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@dostam_comrade<\/a> (drawing over 1,200 retweets) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinayDokania\/status\/1253067475865858048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VinayDokania<\/a> (gathering close to 700 retweets).<\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>In this fact-check, we shall analyse both claims separately.<\/p>\n<p>1. Does the metadata of the video show that it was shot before\u00a0<em>Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>informed viewers of the alleged attack?<\/p>\n<p>2. Did Sambit Patra and Ashoke Pandit tweet about the alleged attack before it happened?<\/p>\n<p>The answer to both the questions is no. Let&#8217;s see why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metadata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Metadata is essentially data (information) about data. Certain tools expose the metadata associated with videos. But such data is accurate only when extracted from the original file. Metadata is modified based on the platform where the video is sent. Metadata of Twitter files will show date and time based on when they were uploaded on the platform, not when they were shot.<\/p>\n<p>Congress members used the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metadata2go.com\/result\/1ab65607-af10-4253-918d-368bf245fd51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metadata2go.com<\/a> to extract the metadata of the video. They downloaded the video and uploaded it on the website. Readers can also try the same for the purpose of self-verification. The website shows the time as 20:17 (8:17 PM) on April 22. However, in the &#8216;tags&#8217; section, the website gives the time as &#8216;2020-04-22T20:17:11.000000Z&#8217;. The letter &#8216;Z&#8217; denotes Zulu Time which is the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), now known as the Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64906 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/20fcf832-804b-40c6-b3b1-31366aed1fef.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/20fcf832-804b-40c6-b3b1-31366aed1fef.png 910w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/20fcf832-804b-40c6-b3b1-31366aed1fef-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/20fcf832-804b-40c6-b3b1-31366aed1fef-768x221.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To adjust this with the Indian Standard Time (IST), one needs to add 5:30 hours which means that the creation time is 1:47 AM, April 23. This is the exact time when\u00a0<em>Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>uploaded the video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/republic\/status\/1253055403140792320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64908 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2d38fb20-4fa6-470d-aab9-fab5a82b35f5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2d38fb20-4fa6-470d-aab9-fab5a82b35f5.png 610w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2d38fb20-4fa6-470d-aab9-fab5a82b35f5-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>Twitter user Ravi Nair added another claim. He checked the video on YouTube and suggested that Goswami&#8217;s statement was created at 21:04 UTC or 2:34 AM IST on April 23, before the purported attack took place at 12:15 AM. His analysis was based on the results he derived from metadata2go.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64961 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/download-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/download-10.png 592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/download-10-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, when Alt News checked the same on metadata2go.com, we got a different result. This means that checking the metadata of a YouTube video by downloading and uploading it to metadata2go.com is not a reliable process. A much better tool to check YouTube metadata is <a href=\"https:\/\/citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnesty International&#8217;s YouTube DataViewer<\/a>. According to Amnesty, the video was uploaded on YouTube at 21:13 or 2:43 AM IST on April 23.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64936 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-23-at-17.55.51.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-23-at-17.55.51.jpeg 637w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-23-at-17.55.51-281x300.jpeg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/>Same as Twitter, YouTube strips all the metadata from a video. The time showed by Amnesty is the upload time on YouTube, not the actual date of creation of the video.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, several Congress members and social media users misinterpreted the upload time on Twitter and YouTube as the true metadata (date of creation) of the video. Furthermore, the metadata reflected the time in UTC which has to be adjusted to reflect the Indian time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the video, Goswami claimed that he was attacked at 12:15 AM on April 23.\u00a0<em>Republic TV&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/republic\/status\/1253045096733384705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first tweet<\/a> about the alleged attack was put out at 1:06 AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj\/status\/1253044891128651783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sambit Patra<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashokepandit\/status\/1253042180773601280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashoke Pandit<\/a> tweeted a few minutes before at 1:05 AM and 12:55 AM respectively. This caused many to believe that the two individuals knew about the purported attack before <em>Republic TV <\/em>broke the news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64909 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660-300x99.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660-1024x338.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660-768x253.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/page-01-50-e1587637712660-990x327.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, social media is not the only place to break news. <em>Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>had disclosed the alleged attack during a 12:45 AM broadcast. This was before the channel either tweeted about it or uploaded Goswami&#8217;s video on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64910 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821.png 959w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821-470x264.png 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/cast-e1587638051821-215x120.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claim that Patra and Pandit knew about the alleged attack before it took place was based on the time of\u00a0<em>Republic TV&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>tweet. However, the channel had reported on the alleged incident first on TV, then on social media. Both allegations by Congress members and several other social media users are therefore, false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnab Goswami, the editor of\u00a0Republic TV,\u00a0alleged in a video statement that he was attacked by goons affiliated with Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on April 23. He claimed that two bike-borne men pounded on his car windows and threw bottles when he was driving home from work with his wife. 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