post shared on facebook The New York Times reportedly called India’s recent elections “the greatest show on Earth.”
Verdict: False
That claim is false. A New York Times spokesperson denied the validity of this claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
Fact check:
The third phase of India’s seven-phase elections will be held on May 7, with “millions of Indians [casting] According to their ballots, Al Jazeera. According to the newspaper, a total of 1,351 candidates are running for 93 seats in India’s lower house.
“Here’s a great article [the] New York Times. “While many of our newspapers and TV stations are lamenting India, here’s India’s elections – a view from the New York Times,” the caption of the Facebook post reads in part.
“This is truly the greatest show on earth, an ode to the spirit of diversity and democracy in which over 700 million humans vote and contribute in their small way to guiding an ancient civilization into the future. Destabilization And it’s equally impressive when done in neighborhoods that include destabilization. [sic] Violent Pakistan, China and Burma.” The post does not include a link to the purported article, but does mention V. Mitchell’s name in the conclusion.
That claim is false. We conducted Check Your Fact search The New York Times website yielded no results for that purported headline. The reported headline is also not found on the outlet’s verified site. Facebook, Xand Instagram account. (Related: Image does not show Rafa’s attack)
Similarly, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports Other media outlets support that claim. In fact, the opposite is true.both logical facts and The Quint Additionally, Logically Facts reported that the body of the Facebook post was not an article, but a comment made by an online user named V. Mitchell. The user shared a comment on a 2009 article published by the outlet about elections in India at the time.
Additionally, New York Times spokesperson Naseem Amini denied the validity of the claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
“I can confirm that the New York Times did not publish this article or the text,” Amini said. Amini also directed ‘Check Your Fact’. Articles from May 8th According to the New York Times, that claim has been shown to be false.
