On August 31, several users on Twitter and Facebook shared an image of a Republic Bharat broadcast, pointing out that the channel erroneously aired a photograph of BSP leader Yaqoob Qureshi as Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Yaqoob, son of Taliban founder Mullah Omar.
рд╣рдж рд╣реИ рдпрд╛рд░! рд░рд┐рдкрдмреНрд▓рд┐рдХ рдЯреАрд╡реА рдиреЗ рддрд╛рд▓рд┐рдмрд╛рди рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдерд╛рдкрдХ рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдЙрдорд░ рдХреЗ рдмреЗрдЯреЗ рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдХреА рдлрд╝реЛрдЯреЛ (рдЬреЛ рдЙрдкрд▓рдмреНрдз рд╣реА рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реИ) рдХреА рдЬрдЧрд╣ рдореЗрд░рда рдХреЗ рдмрд╕рдкрд╛ рдиреЗрддрд╛ рд╣рд╛рдЬреА рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдХрд╝реБрд░реИрд╢реА рдХрд╛ рдлрд╝реЛрдЯреЛ рд▓рдЧрд╛ рджрд┐рдпрд╛.
рдЧрдЬрдм рддреЛ рдпреЗ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐ рд▓реЛрдЧреЛрдВ рдиреЗ рдЗрд╕реА рд╡рд╛рд╣рд┐рдпрд╛рдд рдПрд╡рдо рдлрд╝рд░реНрдЬреА рдЪреЗрдиреЗрд▓ рд╕реЗ рдЬреНрдЮрд╛рди рд▓реЗрдХрд░ рд╡рд╛рд╣рд┐рдпрд╛рдд рдореЛрджреА рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░ рднреА рдмрдирд╛ рджреА. pic.twitter.com/KjtA5JIQjyтАФ Vijay Kumar Baliyan (@vijayku29017978) August 31, 2021
рдмреНрд░реЗрдХрд┐рдВрдЧ рдиреНрдпреВрдЬрд╝
Republic TV рд╡рд╛рд▓реЛрдВ рдиреЗ рддрд╛рд▓рд┐рдмрд╛рди рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдерд╛рдкрдХ рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдЙрдорд░ рдХреЗ рдмреЗрдЯреЗ рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рдо рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдмрддрд╛ рдХрд░ рдЙрд╕рдХреА рдЬрдЧрд╣ рдореЗрд░рда, рдЙрддреНрддрд░ рдкреНрд░рджреЗрд╢ рдХреЗ рдмрд╕рдкрд╛ рдиреЗрддрд╛ рдкреВрд░реНрд╡ рдордВрддреНрд░реА рд╣рд╛рдЬреА рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдХрд╝реБрд░реИрд╢реА рдХреА рдлрд╝реЛрдЯреЛ рд▓рдЧрд╛рдХрд░ рдиреНрдпреВрдЬрд╝ рдЪрд▓рд╛ рджреА ЁЯдгЁЯШВЁЯШЬЁЯдк
RIP рдореАрдбрд┐рдпрд╛ pic.twitter.com/hftZBKKFGYтАФ I AM BACK(╪з┘Ж█М╪│) (@I_D_4) September 1, 2021
рдЧрд╝рдЬрд╝рдм рд╣реИ. рд░рд┐рдкрдмреНрд▓рд┐рдХ рдЯреАрд╡реА рд╡рд╛рд▓реЛрдВ рдиреЗ рддрд╛рд▓рд┐рдмрд╛рди рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдерд╛рдкрдХ рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдЙрдорд░ рдХреЗ рдмреЗрдЯреЗ рдореБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛ рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдХреА рдлрд╝реЛрдЯреЛ (рдЬреЛ рдЙрдкрд▓рдмреНрдз рд╣реА рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реИ) рдХреА рдЬрдЧрд╣ рдореЗрд░рда, рдЙрддреНрддрд░ рдкреНрд░рджреЗрд╢ рдХреЗ рдмрд╕рдкрд╛ рдиреЗрддрд╛ рд╣рд╛рдЬреА рдпрд╛рдХрд╝реВрдм рдХрд╝реБрд░реИрд╢реА рдХрд╛ рдлрд╝реЛрдЯреЛ рд▓рдЧрд╛ рджрд┐рдпрд╛.
Posted by Prakash K Ray on Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Republic takes down broadcast, reuploads without image
The broadcast in question was uploaded on YouTube on September 1. It was aired on TV on August 31. The relevant section starts around the 36-minute mark where anchor Aishwarya Kapoor during the ‘Puchta Hai Bharat’ show opined about various Taliban leaders.
On August 31, around 7 PM, Facebook Page ‘We Support Arnab Goswami’ had uploaded the Live broadcast. This page uploads Live broadcasts of Republic Bharat on a daily basis and has over three lakh followers.
The segment where BSP leader Haji Yaqoob Qureshi’s picture was flashed can be spotted at the 37-minute mark in the two-hour Live. Alt News has attached the relevant portion below.
We performed a reverse image search of the image and found that it dates back to at least 2015.
Republic Bharat broadcasted BSP leader Haji Yaqoob Qureshi’s picture as Taliban leader Mullah Yaqoob. The channel took down the erroneous broadcast after social media backlash and reuploaded it without the image.
Alt News spoke with a Republic Bharat staff member who claimed that an apology was made on air on September 1. We requested for the broadcast in which the apology was made. The article will be updated if we get a response. Readers should note that the rectified bulletin uploaded on YouTube doesn’t acknowledge the error.
It is noteworthy that Republic Bharat also claimed during the show that the Taliban hanged a man to death from a US Black Hawk helicopter. This is a false claim. A recent fact-check by Alt News established that a Taliban member was suspended from a helicopter with a harness.