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“The New York Times calls PM Modi as the ‘Last, Best Hope Of Earth’.”
Social media posts Claim dated 26 Sep 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFalse

What FACTLY found

There is no lead article on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the front page of the New York Times’ Sunday edition (26 September 2021). The actual front page of the Sunday edition of the New York Times is different and had been morphed to include the supposed article. ‘Last Best Hope of Earth’ is a phrase made popular by Abraham Lincoln, which he made in reference to the United States of America, Freedom and Democracy during the Civil War in 1862. There are no recent news articles in the New Yo...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 26 September 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 September 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

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