BY ARCHIT MEHTA
On August 31, several users on Twitter and Facebook shared an image of a Republic Bharat broadcast, pointing out that the channel erroneously aired a photograph of BSP leader Yaqoob Qureshi as Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Yaqoob, son of Taliban founder Mullah Omar.
Republic takes down broadcast, reuploads without image
The broadcast in question was uploaded on YouTube on September 1. It was aired on TV on August 31. The relevant section starts around the 36-minute mark where anchor Aishwarya Kapoor during the ‘Puchta Hai Bharat’ show opined about various Taliban leaders.
On August 31, around 7 PM, Facebook Page ‘We Support Arnab Goswami’ had uploaded the Live broadcast. This page uploads Live broadcasts of Republic Bharat on a daily basis and has over three lakh followers.
The segment where BSP leader Haji Yaqoob Qureshi’s picture was flashed can be spotted at the 37-minute mark in the two-hour Live. Alt News has attached the relevant portion below.
We performed a reverse image search of the image and found that it dates back to at least 2015.
This story first appeared on altnews.in