PIB photoshops Modi surveying Chennai. Twitter floods with jokes
Press Information Bureau became a laughing stock on social media when it tweeted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducting an aerial survey of the flood-ravaged Chennai city but with "enhanced visual". In a bid to dramatise the reconnaissance attempt by the PM on an IAF aircraft, it appears that PIB inserted an edited, more sharply focussed picture of the flood fury to fit the window frame through which the prime minister is shown to be looking down.
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| Screenshot of the now removed tweet from PIB showing PM Modi looking at 'photoshopped' Chennai floods. |
On Thursday, as the PM landed in Chennai to inspect the extent of damage suffered by the Tamil Nadu capital, which has been battling non-stoprains for almost a week now, pictures of him assessing the inundated regions and submerged streets were posted by the official communications agency. Given that the skies were overcast and brightness low, the excessive sharpness of the picture immediately got Twitterati's goat. As they pointed out the glaring issue with the picture, the PIB promptly removed it. However, that didn't stop the barrage of amused reactions from pouring in.
hilarious part is that PIB themselves tweeted the original pix 1. https://t.co/slbYKc7Cy1 2. https://t.co/BPwzhk0y14 pic.twitter.com/DMgO3qPbLR
— Devirupa Mitra (@DevirupaM) December 3, 2015I still can't understand need of Photoshopping by Govt Official. Gujarat Model, Why Photoshop.(It's deleted now) pic.twitter.com/XN7MAP4cvN
— Swachh Politics (@SwachhPolitics) December 3, 2015Wow. Photoshopping is so cool. pic.twitter.com/6jM6jJ9EX8
— Altruism (@Altruism___) December 3, 2015So even the PIB is Photoshopping pix? Wow :) https://t.co/ZILuACF80T
— Mahesh Langa (@LangaMahesh) December 3, 2015C’mon, @PIB_India. Stay away from Photoshop. pic.twitter.com/VpxHtj7mHG
— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) December 3, 2015Why are government agencies PHOTOSHOPPING @PMOIndia aerial survey of Chennai pictures? Shocking!
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) December 3, 2015By the power vested in him by Photoshop... pic.twitter.com/WTmQdK0r0Y
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) December 3, 2015Amazing. It's not as if the PM didn't go visit Chennai so why the heck resort to Photoshopping images!!! https://t.co/MEt6ol8O59
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) December 3, 2015Ok then pic.twitter.com/JYupZeV1NG
— BB (@brownbrumby) December 3, 2015Where no more countries are left to visit... pic.twitter.com/KgXsW0qufb
— BB (@brownbrumby) December 3, 2015Arey Donald bhai.... #ModiSeesTheWorld pic.twitter.com/kBk7xMpftl
— BB (@brownbrumby) December 3, 2015