A video of people protesting and chanting ‘shame on you’ outside the BBC headquarters in London is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that the crowd is protesting against BBC’s documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question.’
The video is shared with the text: British Public chanting “SHAME ON YOU” to the BBC at a demonstration outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London. Hated in their own country & spreading FAKE PROPAGANDA in other countries, esp. India #BBC #BBCdocumentry #shameonbbc #BoycottBBC @everyone
Here’s the link to the above video.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video, and found it to be misleading.
We noticed the watermark Oracle Films on the bottom right corner of the video. The same tweet was found on their Twitter handle, dated JThe video was shared with a caption: “SHAME ON YOU” – British public to the BBC Truth be Told London, a demonstration outside BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London on 21st Jan 2023.
The bio page of another Twitter handle, Truth Be Told, reads: TRUTH BE TOLD Covid Vaccine Victim Awareness Month campaign January 2023.
As per the website Covileaks: ‘The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness about the damage, including life changing injuries and fatalities, as a direct result of the Covid-19 vaccines’
Thus, it is clear that the above video of protest is not related to the BBC documentary on PM Modi.
We also found reports stating Indian diaspora in Britain held protests outside the BBC HQ in London and regional offices on January 29, 2023 against the documentary. Check the reports by TOI and India Today.
Hence, we can conclude that the viral post is misleading.
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