A cursory glance at the said article raised several red flags. First, there were multiple grammatical errors, further nobody had shared a link of the original report by New York Times along with the viral text.
It is highly unlikely that a report by the editor-in-chief of the New York Times will be ridden with grammar and format inaccuracies. We identified some of them, which have been highlighted in the illustration below.
Next, we copy-pasted a part of the viral text on Google to find the original New York Times article which the text is being claimed to have been lifted from. This, however, didn’t throw up any significant results.
Further, we checked the publication’s topic page for Prime Minister Modi but found no such article.
We also went to Our People — the section of the website which carries names and images of all employees of the publication. However, there is no “Joseph Hope” on that list.
Further, Danielle Rhoades, Vice President (Communications) at the New York…