Fondly, remembering the DMK-AIADMK alliance disinformation campaign!!
Disinformation
One news channel carried a video clip of DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan, claiming that he had decided not to participate in a women's wing meeting because nobody had bothered to receive him. Another channel, however, aired the full clip, which presented a different picture.
In the video, a party worker approaches Duraimurugan with a message from party MP Kanimozhi. Duraimurugan is then seen explaining that there was a huge crowd and that he feared the risk of infection. The context was entirely different from the narrative being circulated.
This is how disinformation works in the age of instant communication. A selectively edited clip or a misleading interpretation can travel faster than the truth. Once a narrative takes hold, few people bother to verify the facts or seek the full context.