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DeTect: Video of ‘rolling’ scribe shared with false narrative

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Chennai

A politico tweeted a video alleging it shows a journalist rolling on a road. 

“Do you recognise this journalist? He believes journalism is a joke,” said the message. 

The video shows a man resembling journalist Ravish Kumar lying on his belly. A

lt News found that it wasn’t Ravish but J&K journalist Fayaz Bukhari. The clip was from a blooper video, but the scribe was attempting to take cover and save himself during a hail of gunfire in the aftermath of a terror attack. 

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