The Dhaka Times Desk Every now and then some rumors spread in the world. These rumors stop the world. Today's report on 4 such rumours. Those 4 rumors shook the world!
There were 4 rumors that led to such a chaotic situation that people believed the rumors to be true. The administration and the media also have to struggle to deal with them.
There is one saying, don't listen to rumours. Despite this warning, rumors spread without everyone's knowledge. It once spread like wildfire all over the world. Even those who want to distance themselves from this flood of rumors fail to survive the flood.
The story of 4 such 'big rumours' is in this report today.
1. The incident of 24 July 2015. A report was published in Britain's 'Daily Express' that day. According to the report, according to a survey, the use of the English language in schools in Britain is going up! Immigration is to blame. This 'news' quickly spread throughout the world. The post went viral on social media. It later proved that the figures mentioned in the survey were manipulated. A bi-lingual data was noted for schoolchildren not knowing English. In response to this report, intense racism rose to the surface. The administration is struggling to handle it.
2. 2015 rumors spread that Michael Jackson is alive! A fake video uploaded to YouTube purports to show Michael walking the streets of Paris under a suspended sentence. Social media people jumped on this video. A huge argument started. Michael-fans continue to post in Hapus Nayan hoping to see their idol back on stage. But later it was found that the video was 'fake'. All emotions are extinguished instantly.
3. One of the most common rumors about US President Barack Obama is his religious beliefs. His middle name 'Hussain' is the reason for this rumour. The common people of the country also questioned Obama's policies based on Islamic terrorism. Statistics show that 20 percent of American citizens, 31 percent of Republicans believe that Obama is a Muslim!
4. This incident is about 2014. Then American comedian Joan Rivers called First Lady Michelle Obama a 'transgender' in a very funny comedy show. Rivers refused to apologize when the matter was disputed. He said, transsexuals are beautiful people, what happened to the insult? Rumors spread like wildfire after Rivers' joke was taken as true. Many began to believe that Michelle was hiding her sexual identity. An extremely uncomfortable situation was created around that rumour.
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