{"id":80801,"date":"2020-11-24T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=80801"},"modified":"2020-11-25T19:34:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T14:04:43","slug":"spoof-video-from-15-years-ago-falsely-viral-as-volkswagen-ad-mocks-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/spoof-video-from-15-years-ago-falsely-viral-as-volkswagen-ad-mocks-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoof video from 15 years ago falsely viral as Volkswagen ad &#8216;mocks&#8217; Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ehowr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) a 30-second clip and wrote: &#8220;Terrorist Commercial Ad by Volkswagen&#8221; Interesting? The video shows a man in a suicide vest drive down a car to a public place and press the detonation button. The explosion, however, is contained inside the car. The clip ends with the slogan, &#8220;Polo. Small but tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bagga&#8217;s video was viewed over 40,000 times. He also shared it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TajinderPalSinghBaggaNew\/videos\/1941743109312207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Alt News has documented multiple instances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=bagga\">misinformation shared by Bagga in the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Terrorist Commercial Ad by Volkswagen&#8221; Interesting ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AYs98BmMYE\">pic.twitter.com\/AYs98BmMYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga\/status\/1331086849524203520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video was shared by multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%22Terrorist%20Commercial%20Ad%20by%20Volkswagen%22%20Interesting%20%3F&amp;f=AbpvL_QBkDdITVYhdvYYJkLYpifoIHWJsn5fvBp0GQgWrcViG1vPzl6XWHCiqxF3lFJvmQ8Fm_8j4ZeSME5EbLBkNraGWSLIwrufMrm_0fp71JWgm82i6rE-v2FWgaTJNxn-cfcy00QimZrOD-OlkZck4idwWSEGiUgQUkqd9nVDNXckaxgR7Y5V7ttPDa34j2Y\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22Terrorist%20Commercial%20Ad%20by%20Volkswagen%22%20Interesting%20%3F&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users with identical text. The same has also been shared with Arabic music playing in the background. The caption suggests that Volkswagen made the ad to &#8216;mock&#8217; Muslims. It was shared by Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonuSri795\/status\/1330884281149755393\">@SonuSri795<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/5eENb\">archive link<\/a>) gaining over 700 retweets. It was also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satynistha\/status\/1331093485923942402\">tweeted<\/a> by Akash RSS who frequently shares <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=akash+rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">misinformation<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/fS1nd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(Hindi text: \u091c\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0911\u091f\u094b\u092e\u094b\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092b\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0935\u0948\u0917\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0928 \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0926\u0942\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u091c\u093e\u0915 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f\u0926\u0942\u0924 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u092b\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0935\u0948\u0917\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u092e \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u092e\u091c\u092c\u0942\u0924 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0910\u0921 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0905\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0911\u091f\u094b\u092e\u094b\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092b\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0935\u0948\u0917\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0928 \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0926\u0942\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u091c\u093e\u0915 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f\u0926\u0942\u0924 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u092b\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0935\u0948\u0917\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u092e \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u092e\u091c\u092c\u0942\u0924 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0910\u0921 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0905\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMbBq7NKvv\">pic.twitter.com\/aMbBq7NKvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akash RSS (@Satynistha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satynistha\/status\/1331093485923942402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>15-year-old hoax commercial shared with communal spin<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found that the video was uploaded on YouTube in 2006. The description states that it&#8217;s a parody video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"suicide bomber commercial\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qecwlrWnjqk?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>In 2017, US-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o0w4eIgndJU\">ABC 10 News<\/a> debunked the claim that Volkswagen made an advertisement featuring a suicide bomber. The video was made by viral brand communications experts Lee &amp; Dan and Volkswagen was not involved in the production.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80803 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24-14_51_21-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1383\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24-14_51_21-.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24-14_51_21--300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24-14_51_21--1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24-14_51_21--768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1383px) 100vw, 1383px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hoax advertisement was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2005\/jan\/23\/arts.artsnews\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/01\/27\/business\/fake-commercial-spots-spread-quickly-on-the-internet.html\">The New York Times<\/a> in 2005. Dan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlive.co.uk\/article\/lee-dan-parlay-fake-polo-ad-notoriety-jobs-quiet-storm\/466946?src_site=brandrepublic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that the video reflected &#8220;what people see in the news every day. The car is the hero that protects innocent people from someone with very bad intentions. We&#8217;re sorry if it has caused any offence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A 15-year-old parody video was shared by several social media users with the false claim that Volkswagen aired a suicide bomber commercial to &#8216;mock&#8217; Muslims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted (archive link) a 30-second clip and wrote: &#8220;Terrorist Commercial Ad by Volkswagen&#8221; Interesting? The video shows a man in a suicide vest drive down a car to a public place and press the detonation button. The explosion, however, is contained inside the car. 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