Tablighi Jamaat fake news saga continues: Arunachal Pradesh govt calls out Zee News for false report
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It’s open season on Covid-19 fake news. In the past few weeks, fact checkers, governments, and even the Uttar Pradesh police have called out multiple media outlets for peddling misinformation and fake news, mostly involving the Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim religious movement being blamed by sections of the media for spreading the virus in India.
On Friday, the Arunachal Pradesh Information and Public Relations department called out Zee News for falsely reporting that the Northeastern state has 11 coronavirus patients who can be traced back to last month’s Tablighi Jamaat function in Delhi’s Nizamuddin.
This is to clarify that Arunachal Pradesh has got only 1 COVID-19 positive case till date.
— ARUNACHAL IPR (@ArunachalDIPR) April 9, 2020
The reporting by Zeenews is false and does not carry any authenticity. pic.twitter.com/d74hBGDWbd
The IPR, which is responsible for "dissemination of government news/programmes” in Arunachal also pointed out that the state has reported a single positive case of coronavirus so far.
This isn’t the first time Zee News has been called out for spreading false information around the coronavirus outbreak. Several other prominent media outlets, including news agency ANI and Hindi daily Amar Ujala have been similarly called out.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
