Fake News Alert: Morphed Image Of Rihanna Holding A Pakistani Flag Goes Viral

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Ever since Rihanna voiced her opinion over the Farmer&rsquo;s Protest in India she has been talked about widely. Soon after her tweet, a morphed image of hers holding Pakistan&rsquo;s flag at a cricket stadium has been circulating all over Facebook and Twitter.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://ift.tt/3rjzenl style="color: #f80707;">'No Propaganda Can Deter India&rsquo;s Unity': Amit Shah On Rihanna&rsquo;s Tweet Backing Farmers</span></a><br /></strong></p> <p>According to alt news, BJP Uttar Pradesh spokesperson Shalabh Mani Tripathi was among those who amplified the picture of the pop icon holding the Pakistani flag. He had retweeted BJP UP Yuva Morcha worker Abhishek&rsquo;s tweet. Though several posts and tweets have been removed, Abhishek and Tripathi's retweet are still online. Shalabh Mani Tripathi also retweeted Mia Khalifa's tweet with "By the way, who are these brothers? Looking knowledgeable about agriculture !!" Mia Khalifa had tweeted " What in the human rights violations is going on?! They cut the internet around New Delhi?! #FarmersProtest with the image farmers at protest.&nbsp;<br />"</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="hi">चमचों की नई राजमाता 😀😀.. <a href="https://t.co/vbXvQOBJkY">pic.twitter.com/vbXvQOBJkY</a></p> &mdash; 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐤 𝐁𝐣𝐩 (@AbhishekBJPUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbhishekBJPUP/status/1356787154307883009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>But Rihanna's image was really from 2019 and she was holding a flag with the Cricket West Indies (CWI) crest. The photo was from when she attended the West Indies vs Sri Lanka cricket march in the ICC 2019 World Cup game at Chester-le-Street in Durham. There are several images of her holding the West Indies flag from the day, in fact on her Instagram she had posted picture of herself wearing the baseball cap with the West Indies crest.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Look who's at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SLvWI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SLvWI</a> to Rally 'round the West Indies! <br /><br />Watch out for <a href="https://twitter.com/rihanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rihanna</a>'s new single, Shut Up And Cover Drive 😉🎶 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MenInMaroon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MenInMaroon</a> <a href="https://t.co/cou1V0P7Zj">pic.twitter.com/cou1V0P7Zj</a></p> &mdash; ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1145715486560309249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://ift.tt/2LkKUHa" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);">&nbsp;</div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);">&nbsp;</div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);">&nbsp;</div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;">&nbsp;</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://ift.tt/2LkKUHa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>On Tuesday, Rihanna shared a story that highlighted the government's latest crackdown on the agitating farmers by cutting off internet services in many regions. Sharing the news report on the ongoing farmers&rsquo; protest in India, the Umbrella singer Rihanna took to her Twitter and wrote, &ldquo;Why aren&rsquo;t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest&rdquo; which has recieved a lot of backlash from Indian celebrities and supporters of Farm Laws. The Ministry of External Affairs too tweeted with the hashtag #IndianAgainstPropaganda.&nbsp;</p> </blockquote>

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