Did BBC News Tweet in Support of 'The Kerala Story'? No, It's a Fake Tweet!

The screenshot is fabricated. BBC News' Twitter account did not share any such tweet.

Rujuta Thete
WebQoof
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Fact-check: Clearly, an edited screenshot was shared as a tweet made by BBC News about The Kerala Story.</p></div>
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Fact-check: Clearly, an edited screenshot was shared as a tweet made by BBC News about The Kerala Story.

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A screenshot of a tweet purportedly shared by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News is going viral on social media.

  • The tweet states that the news organisation's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled 'India: The Modi Question', was based on lies.

  • It also encourages people to watch the recently released movie The Kerala Story and claims that it is based on real-life events.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

The user however later tweeted saying, "Follow me for more satire."

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here. We also received a query about this claim on our WhatsApp tipline.)

Did BBC News really tweet this?: No such tweet was made by BBC News, this is a fabricated screenshot.

How did we find out the truth?: We checked the official Twitter account of BBC News (World) and found no such tweet.

  • We also tried advanced search on Twitter with relevant keywords but no such tweet came up.

  • We found the original tweet that matched the date and time stamp as '19:20' and '03 May 23', as seen in the viral screenshot.

  • This original tweet carried a story about Rwanda floods and landslides.

  • However, the engagement on the tweet had increased as compared to the screenshot.

An archive can be seen here

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

We also looked for archives of BBC News Twitter page and did not come across any such tweet about The Kerala Story.

Conclusion: Clearly, an edited screenshot about the BBC documentary and The Kerala Story is going viral as a real tweet made by BBC News.

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