'Seems I was taken in by fake news': Shashi Tharoor on Rajan's job buzz

May 06, 2018 12:03

No one is immune to fake news, not even Shashi Tharoor. The Congress MP tweeted early on Sunday that he might have been taken in by fake news when he shared a news article on former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan being appointed as the head of Bank of England.

Tharoor had tweeted on Saturday night that Rajan had been appointed as the Bank of England chief and batted for an Indian-origin UK Prime Minister to complete a reverse colonisation.

Tharoor had shared a report along with the tweet.

Within a couple of hours, however, Tharoor tweeted that he was taken in by fake news and thanked a news portal for setting the record straight.

While some Twitter users lauded Tharoor for owning up to his mistake, others criticised the Thiruvananthapuram MP for not doing due diligence before sharing the report.

Tharoors tweet follows days of speculation on Rajans move to the Bank of England. UK-based Financial Times had reported last month that the former RBI governor was one of the contenders for the job.

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