{"id":86013,"date":"2021-02-06T20:54:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T15:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86013"},"modified":"2021-07-05T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T10:40:47","slug":"false-claim-viral-message-hailing-pm-modi-drafted-by-nyt-editer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-viral-message-hailing-pm-modi-drafted-by-nyt-editer\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT editor &#8216;Joseph Hope&#8217; praised Modi in an article? Fake piece, fictional name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com\/en-US\/INYT\/job\/New-Delhi-India\/South-Asia-Business-Correspondent--New-Delhi_REQ-010232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">job advertisement<\/a> on The New York Times (NYT) seeking a South Asia Business Correspondent based out of New Delhi created quite a stir on media outlets sympathetic to Prime Minister Modi. A portion of the job description stating, &#8220;India\u2019s future now stands at a crossroads. Mr Modi is advocating a self-sufficient, muscular nationalism centered on the country\u2019s Hindu majority,&#8221; did not sit well with PM Modi&#8217;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>However, amid the brouhaha, supporters of the PM have revived an appreciative piece claimed to have been penned by NYT editor-in-chief Joseph Hope.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-97583 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734-581x1024.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734-768x1353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210705_135734-872x1536.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The piece has also been widely shared by individual users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=Narendra%20Modi%27s%20sole%20aim%20is%20to%20make%20India%20a%20better%20Country%27&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. We found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-peek-into-the-online-world-of-gaurav-pradhan-a-compilation-of-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaurav Pradhan<\/a> shared it on his <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/dgpindia\/3838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86013 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\/false-claim-viral-message-hailing-pm-modi-drafted-by-nyt-editer\/197d8507-25ee-46e6-bbf0-c82584e1400b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/197d8507-25ee-46e6-bbf0-c82584e1400b.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/197d8507-25ee-46e6-bbf0-c82584e1400b.png 501w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/197d8507-25ee-46e6-bbf0-c82584e1400b-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-viral-message-hailing-pm-modi-drafted-by-nyt-editer\/ba1a438a-1a77-4de8-acfc-52585719253f\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ba1a438a-1a77-4de8-acfc-52585719253f.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ba1a438a-1a77-4de8-acfc-52585719253f.png 818w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ba1a438a-1a77-4de8-acfc-52585719253f-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ba1a438a-1a77-4de8-acfc-52585719253f-768x414.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The same piece was circulating earlier in February when farmers&#8217; protests grabbed international attention after several celebrities and politicians tweeted in solidarity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/03\/world\/asia\/india-modi-farmer-protest-censorship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International media outlets<\/a> also started covering the protests, many of whom reported on police violence and the <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/01\/asia\/india-internet-cut-farmers-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internet shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/173955156653394\/permalink\/719852978730273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lengthy piece<\/a> on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was shared to portray international support for him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image.png 740w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-129x300.png 129w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-440x1024.png 440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-660x1536.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/zaWMv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> @angshguds<\/a> made this claim in a January 29 tweet, which garnered more than 650 retweets at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fake article<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The editor of The New York Times is Dean Bacquet and a thorough search of the NYT website did not throw up any employee named &#8216;Joseph Hope&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the excerpt is replete with grammatical errors which would be unusual for an editor of an international media outlet. The author also seems to have gone out of their way to shower praises on Prime Minister Modi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86015 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-11.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-11-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-11-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-11-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Ari Isaacman Bevacqua, Director of Communications at The New York Times. He informed us that the American daily has neither written any such story on PM Modi nor does it have an employee named &#8216;Joseph Hope&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>NY Times Communications also took to Twitter to call out the fake story viral in the outlet&#8217;s name, &#8220;A false claim circulating in India related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and The New York Times has been fact-checked; it is not true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A false claim circulating in India related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and The New York Times has been fact-checked; it is not true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wh8J0ll570\">https:\/\/t.co\/wh8J0ll570<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UY3l7r0QLj\">pic.twitter.com\/UY3l7r0QLj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYTimesPR\/status\/1355524822776868870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A job advertisement on The New York Times (NYT) seeking a South Asia Business Correspondent based out of New Delhi created quite a stir on media outlets sympathetic to Prime Minister Modi. A portion of the job description stating, &#8220;India\u2019s future now stands at a crossroads. Mr Modi is advocating a self-sufficient, muscular nationalism centered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":86016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[691],"class_list":["post-86013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-05-at-11.17.291.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86013","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86013"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97587,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86013\/revisions\/97587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86013"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=86013"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=86013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}