Photo of Time Magazine Comparing Modi to Hitler Is Fabricated

27th June 2022

Photo of Time Magazine Comparing Modi to Hitler Is Fabricated

The photo is fabricated (Twitter).

The Claim

Time Magazine’s cover features a collage margining photo of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with that of Adolf Hitler.

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Emerging story

Social media users are sharing an image, which purportedly shows a Time Magazine’s cover merging photo of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with that of Adolf Hitler. Social media users are sharing the image with the hashtag “#byebyemodi.”

Modi is a PM with no vision, no intellect & absolutely no desire to uplift the needy of the nation.

All he has is, hunger to power! #ByeByeModi pic.twitter.com/0UIfGivDKT
— YSR (@ysathishreddy) June 23, 2022

A supporting image within the article body

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be fake, the photo was fabricated.

Time Magazine

Misbar noticed a difference in the design, which does not match Time magazine’s usual style. We conducted a search on Time Magazine’s website and found that the cover circulating online has not been designed by the magazine.

Misbar also searched for the cover on Time Magazine’s social media accounts, no results were found.

Two Bjp Spokespersons Made Offensive Remarks About the Prophet Muhammad

The circulating claim is being shared after two spokespersons of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made offensive remarks about the prophet Muhammad. This was followed by several incident of Islamophobia in India.

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