“Latest video shows Sambit Patra hosting a debate program on ‘NDTV’”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows a four-year-old parody debate program telecast by ‘India Today’. For a weekend special debate program ‘To The Point’ on ‘India Today’, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra moderated as a guest anchor in 2018. The original video did not display any graphics related to the Gujarat Elections. And, Sambit Patra is not hosting any debate program on ‘NDTV’ following the resignation of Ravish Kumar
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 December 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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