“‘Finish your homework. Think of children in India, who would become CEOs and make you starve, if you don’t’ – Thomas Friedman”
What FACTLY found
It is true that Friedman commented about India’s poverty earlier. In this regard Friedman wrote in his book ‘when I was growing up, my parents used to say to me, Tom, finish your dinner, people in China and India are starving’. In the very same book in the context of describing what his advice would be to his daughters in the light of globalisation and growing competition from Indians and Chinese, Friedman wrote ‘Girls, finish your homework, people in China and India are starving for your job...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 December 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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