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The screenshot shows Member of Parliament Neiphiu Rio pitched as Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie.[/caption]
Dimapur, May 9 (EMN): The Indian news agencies are at it again. TNN has a photograph of Nagaland’s Lok Sabha member and former Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio as a pictorial pitch for Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie. The headline “Shurhozelie to visit Manipur today” on Tuesday May 9 edition has an image of the Member of Parliament.
This is not the first time that the national media has confused a north-eastern leader for another. This goof-up by the online news portal is the fourth in a row. Earlier, the same agency had published a photograph of China’s President Xi Jinping denoting to be Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker’s Chotisuh Sazo, on February 11, 2017. Also, former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Tuki was pitched as TR Zeliang, the then chief minister of Nagaland, on the agency’s February 19, 2017 edition.
