Did Time magazine publish a cover photo comparing Modi with Hitler?
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Explanation
Popular magazine ‘Time’ merges parts of the faces of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hitler and publishes it on the cover page captioning it as, “The Return of History. How Modi shattered India’s dreams”.
#ModiShamesIndia pic.twitter.com/orZROfuLPM
— KaMaRaJ DHaNaPaL (@DK11834494) June 17, 2022
What is the Truth?
No cover photo with Prime Minister Modi in 2022 has been published in ‘The Vault’ column on Time magazine’s website.
During India’s parliamentary elections in 2019, ‘Time’ posted a cover photo on Twitter with the caption “India’s Divider in chief”.
TIME’s new international cover: Can the world’s largest democracy endure another five years of a Modi government? https://t.co/oIbmacH9MS pic.twitter.com/IqJFeEaaNW
— TIME (@TIME) May 9, 2019
On February 26, 2022, Ukrainian graphic designer Patrick Mulder posted on Twitter how he had made a cover photo of Time magazine by editing the picture of Russian President Putin and Hitler.
How I made the cover. pic.twitter.com/LFZVOAhNMo
— Patrick Mulder 🏴🇺🇦 (@MrPatrickMulder) February 26, 2022
Just as Time magazine’s cover is edited with Putin and Hitler’s image, Prime Minister Modi and Hitler’s image has been edited and is spread in India.
Conclusion
The cover image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hitler in Time magazine has been edited.
