image Share on Facebook The Washington Post claims to have published an article alleging that Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun staged an attack on him.
Verdict: False
The Washington Post did not publish the article, and an editor at the Post confirmed that the article was not published by the paper.
Fact check:
Social media users have alleged that The Washington Post has published an article claiming that the assassination plot against Pannun was a hoax, with the headline “Assassination plot on US soil reveals dark side: Pannun may have staged his own attack to implicate India.”
This claim is false. Check Your Fact was unable to find the Washington Post article. WebsiteThe Washington Post Verified Social Media account There were also no results found regarding the alleged article. (Related article: Was Emmanuel Macron booed at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics?)
The image appears to have been photoshopped from a Washington Post article about the assassination plot. Assassination Plot And it makes no allegation that it was staged. The headline reads: “Assassination plot on US soil reveals dark side of India under Modi.”
Jerry Shi, India bureau chief for The Washington Post, Confirmed X argued that the allegations were false.
🚨The following post has been photoshopped. @WashingtonPost story
Unfortunately, with 3.2K retweets already, it's just another Wednesday for India's social media disinformation mill.
Luckily, you can read and share the real story at this gift link: https://t.co/k30LErYx6r pic.twitter.com/UzMHwRn5yK
— Jerry Shih (@gerryshih) August 21, 2024
“The following post has been photoshopped. @WashingtonPost “Unfortunately, with 3,200 retweets already, it looks like another Wednesday for India's social media disinformation mill… Luckily you can read and share the real story at this gift link,” Shi tweeted.
