“UK’s leading magazine ‘British Herald’ had recently recognised PM Narendra Modi as the “World’s Most Powerful Person” in the context of COVID-19”
Social media posts
Claim dated 10 Sep 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is an old one. British Herald website had published this magazine cover based on their ‘World’s Most Powerful Person 2019’ reader’s poll. The ‘British Herald’ is an obscure website that is being run by a Kerala-based businessman, Ansif Ashraf
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 September 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.