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As the #BiharElection2020 nears conclusion, here's a thread on the mis/disinformation we saw around the election. Will update as and when more instances pop-up. #BiharElectionResults (1/n)
Congress shared a video of a child pushing a stretcher inside a hospital in Uttar Pradesh as a reflection of the “ruthlessness of the BJP-JD(U) government in power in Bihar.” (2/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/congress-shares-old-video-from-up-as-incident-under-bjp-jdu-in-bihar
An image of Sonu Sood was morphed to claim that he asked people to vote for Tejashwi Yadav. (3/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/sonu-sood-asked-votes-for-tejashwi-in-bihar-polls-pic-is-morphed
A 2019 video from Uttar Pradesh of alleged EVM manipulation went viral as ‘foul play’ in the first phase of the Bihar elections. (4/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/old-video-lok-sabha-elections-shared-as-evm-manipulation-in-bihar-polls
National in-charge of social media for the BJP Mahila Morcha Priti Gandhi tweeted an ABP News broadcast from 2019 Lok Sabha elections to claim that people attending Yadav’s rally were actually going to vote for PM Modi. (5/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/2019-video-shared-people-in-tejashwi-yadav-rally-claiming-to-vote-for-pm-modi
An old image of street graffiti saying ‘Modi Go Back,’ from Kolkata went viral with the false claim that it’s a recent image from Bihar. (6/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/viral-image-of-modi-go-back-graffiti-is-from-kolkata-not-bihar
2014 image of a huge crowd is being shared with a claim that it shows UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s recent rally in Bihar. (7/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/old-image-falsely-shared-as-yogi-adityanaths-recent-bihar-rally
An image of Tejashwi Yadav was morphed to falsely claim that Nitish Kumar was standing on a tricolour podium. (8/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/that-is-tejashwi-yadav-on-the-tricolour-podium-not-nitish-kumar
Image of bags containing liquor and soft-drinks was as ‘preparation’ for the Bihar elections. However, it could be traced back to 2019, when a musician named Johnny from Thailand shared the picture on Facebook. 9/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/thailand-survival-kits-with-liquor-shared-as-bihar-election-prep
An old image of Priyanka Gandhi ringing a temple bell was revived as a recent one from her campaign for Bihar elections. (10/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/old-image-revived-as-priyanka-gandhi-bihar-elections-campaign
People also fell for a fake Twitter account of Luv Sinha – the Congress candidate from Bankipur. (11/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/fake-account-of-luv-sinha-crops-up-ahead-of-bihar-assembly-polls
AajTak falsely accused MGB candidate Maskoor Usmani of being a “Jinnah supporter” and claimed that in 2018, he had installed a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the AMU. (12/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/aajtaks-claim-that-maskoor-usmani-hung-jinnah-portrait-at-amu-is-false
A Bihar minister shared images from Hyderabad to show the achievements of the government's street lighting programme in Muzaffarpur. (13/n) https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/photo-hyderabad-flyover-shared-as-street-in-muzaffarpur-bihar
