“Video of Sonu Sood endorsing Charanjit Channi as the CM face for the upcoming state elections in Punjab”
What FACTLY found
The video had been edited to show that Sonu Sood was endorsing Charanjit Channi as the CM face for the upcoming state elections in Punjab. The video was taken from Sonu Sood’s interview with Barkha Dutt where he was talking about himself and his plans to contest elections in the future. Sonu Sood did not endorse anyone as the CM face in this interview
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 January 2022, 3 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.