{"id":72961,"date":"2020-08-13T17:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T11:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72961"},"modified":"2020-08-13T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T11:56:53","slug":"false-news-of-pranab-mukherjees-passing-tweeted-by-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-news-of-pranab-mukherjees-passing-tweeted-by-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"False news of former President Pranab Mukherjee&#8217;s passing tweeted by journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 13, several social media users claimed that former president Pranab Mukherjee has passed away. The hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ripPranabMukherjee?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ripPranabMukherjee<\/a> was the number one trend on Thursday morning, as per the data on <a href=\"https:\/\/trends24.in\/india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trends24<\/a>, a website that tracks Twitter trends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72976 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-15_58_46-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-15_58_46-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in_.jpg 913w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-15_58_46-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in_-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-15_58_46-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in_-768x599.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rajdeep Sardesai, consulting editor at India Today Group, tweeted, &#8220;Breaking: Former president Pranab Mukherjee has passed away.. farewell Pranab da.. many many fond memories of a dyed in the wool true Indira generation politician who lived and breathed politics..&#8221; Sardesai subsequently deleted his tweet.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-72964 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1074\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k.jpeg 1074w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k-1024x632.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k-768x474.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/EfRdLVAU4AAO61k-990x611.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Similarly, journalist <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Swati Chaturvedi and Congress member Vamshi Chand Reddy also claimed that Mukherjee passed away. Both these tweets were subsequently taken down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72961 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1078\" height=\"1557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge.png 1078w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge-768x1109.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge-1063x1536.png 1063w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/ima4ge-990x1430.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1078px) 100vw, 1078px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"1539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014.jpg 913w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014-607x1024.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014-768x1295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/image-2-\u2014-911x1536.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the news on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72994 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/c71e5045-e413-43d7-901e-5723442313f7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/c71e5045-e413-43d7-901e-5723442313f7.png 360w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/c71e5045-e413-43d7-901e-5723442313f7-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pranab+Mukherjee+brain+clot&amp;hl=en&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjPi_yX35frAhV5ILcAHUJxCmUQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media reports<\/a>, former president Pranab Mukherjee tested positive for COVID-19 on August 10. Mukherjee had also tweeted about contracting the virus. His infection was discovered prior to brain surgery to remove a clot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. <br \/>I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitizenMukherjee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CitizenMukherjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pranab Mukherjee Legacy Foundation- PMLF (@CitiznMukherjee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitiznMukherjee\/status\/1292726865984024577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>The news of Pranab Mukherjee&#8217;s death was refuted by his son <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Abhijit Mukherjee who took to Twitter to clarify,<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">My Father Shri Pranab Mukherjee is still alive &amp; haemodynamically stable! Speculations &amp; fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My Father Shri Pranab Mukherjee is still alive &amp; haemodynamically stable ! <br \/>Speculations &amp; fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABHIJIT_LS\/status\/1293756212861734912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up tweet, Abhijit wrote, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Update: My father is &amp; has always been a fighter! He is slowly responding to medical interventions &amp; all his vital parameters are stable. I urge upon every well-wisher to pray for my father&#8217;s speedy recovery! We need them<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update : My father is &amp; has always been a fighter ! He is slowly responding to medical interventions &amp; all his vital parameters are stable  . <br \/>I urge upon every well wisher to pray for my father&#39;s speedy recovery ! We need them \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FdYxcUwXR\">https:\/\/t.co\/7FdYxcUwXR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABHIJIT_LS\/status\/1293808093579448320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mukherjee&#8217;s daughter <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sharmistha Mukherjee also refuted the news of her father&#8217;s passing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rumours about my father is false. Request, esp\u2019ly  to media, NOT to call me as I need to keep my phone free for any updates from the hospital\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharmistha_GK\/status\/1293756800664104960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pranab Mukherjee is currently recovering after brain surgery at New Delhi&#8217;s Army Research and Referral hospital. &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee remains unchanged this morning. He is deeply comatose with stable vital parameters and continues to be on ventilatory support: Army Research &amp; Referral (R&amp;R) Hospital, Delhi,<\/span>&#8221; tweeted ANI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee remains unchanged this morning. He is deeply comatose with stable vital parameters and continues to be on ventilatory support: Army Research &amp; Referral (R&amp;R) Hospital, Delhi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JPhaOOoEvL\">https:\/\/t.co\/JPhaOOoEvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1293759951349911552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rajdeep Sardesai apologised for his blunder upon discovering that he had fallen for misinformation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My deep deep apologies for falling for fake news being circulated on Pranab Mukherjee passing away. I am deeply distraught for falling for this fake news.. it was unprofessional of me to not reconfirm it before tweeting. Apologies to all.. and prayers with the family.. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sardesairajdeep\/status\/1293759013742510080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Swati Chaturvedi and Vamshi Chand Reddy shared Sharmistha and Abhijit Mukherjee&#8217;s rebuttal.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-72961 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_13_23-12-Sharmistha-Mukherjee-on-Twitter_-_Rumours-about-my-father-is-false.-Request.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_13_23-12-Sharmistha-Mukherjee-on-Twitter_-_Rumours-about-my-father-is-false.-Request.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_13_23-12-Sharmistha-Mukherjee-on-Twitter_-_Rumours-about-my-father-is-false.-Request.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_13_23-12-Sharmistha-Mukherjee-on-Twitter_-_Rumours-about-my-father-is-false.-Request-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_12_46-12-Vamshi-Chand-Reddy-\u0c1a\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e-\u0c35\u0c02\u0c36\u0c40\u0c1a\u0c02\u0c26\u0c4d-\u0c30\u0c46\u0c21\u0c4d\u0c21\u0c3f-@VamsiChandReddy-_-Twitter.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_12_46-12-Vamshi-Chand-Reddy-\u0c1a\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e-\u0c35\u0c02\u0c36\u0c40\u0c1a\u0c02\u0c26\u0c4d-\u0c30\u0c46\u0c21\u0c4d\u0c21\u0c3f-@VamsiChandReddy-_-Twitter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_12_46-12-Vamshi-Chand-Reddy-\u0c1a\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e-\u0c35\u0c02\u0c36\u0c40\u0c1a\u0c02\u0c26\u0c4d-\u0c30\u0c46\u0c21\u0c4d\u0c21\u0c3f-@VamsiChandReddy-_-Twitter.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-13-16_12_46-12-Vamshi-Chand-Reddy-\u0c1a\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e-\u0c35\u0c02\u0c36\u0c40\u0c1a\u0c02\u0c26\u0c4d-\u0c30\u0c46\u0c21\u0c4d\u0c21\u0c3f-@VamsiChandReddy-_-Twitter-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 13, several social media users claimed that former president Pranab Mukherjee has passed away. The hashtag #ripPranabMukherjee was the number one trend on Thursday morning, as per the data on Trends24, a website that tracks Twitter trends. Rajdeep Sardesai, consulting editor at India Today Group, tweeted, &#8220;Breaking: Former president Pranab Mukherjee has passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":72992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-72961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-news","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-2020-08-13T171436.265.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72961","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72996,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72961\/revisions\/72996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72961"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=72961"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=72961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}