Politicos, Journos can't tell the difference between Times Now and Times HOW!

Influential personalities, politicians and journalists have once again (unknowingly?) fallen prey to a fake news on social media. And this time they couldn’t tell parody from the truth. Times How, a parody of Times Now is at the centre of this lamentable happening.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Anand Ranganathan and a few other political leaders have been spotted Retweeting a Tweet from Times How, that lists a fake quote under the name of an Islamic preacher. Related to the Priya Prakash Varrier trend, the quote is being circulated on Twitter, and has fooled many who sadly could not spot the H from Times How.

Check out the Tweet below, and

Hello @TwitterIndia @Support, what is your policy vis-a-vis parody news handles such as @TiimesHow? Multiple people fall for such handles which put out false information, often with a malicious intent. Isn't the world dealing with enough disinformation already? pic.twitter.com/G1QClwczOY

— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) February 14, 2018

Also Read: Find out who is Priya Varrier and why is your News Feed full of her pictures!

Attributed to Maulana Qadri, the authenticity of the quote is ludicrous and politicians falling for a Twitter account that has less than a 1000 Followers, and is not even a popular parody account.

And now data @ARanganathan72 shares fake quote put by parody account. Agenda oocha Rahe Humara! pic.twitter.com/YVKVDKQmaX

— Unofficial Sususwamy (@swamv39) February 14, 2018

While some eagle eyed, and sanity driven Twitter users have been debunking the fake quote, including Pratik Sinha, the man behind AltNews, known for busting myths and calling out fake news online, other susceptible users have fallen prey to the blatant lies.

Although the tweets appear to have been deleted by Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Anand Ranganathan, but not by Sanjay Hegde.

This is merely one of the many instances wherein not just the general public, but people with thousands of followers have wrongly participated in the spread of fake news by not verifying before they share.

As a politician, celebrity or any influential social media personality, it is their duty to know the difference between Times How, and Times NOW.