“Photo of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray watching ‘Republic TV’ news channel”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Oct 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Photo shared in the post is the morphed version of the original photo that shows Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray interacting with the PM Narendra Modi via video conference on COVID-19 preparedness during the lockdown period
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 October 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3719789114700507&set=gm.823727915043202&type=3&th…
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