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# For Fact’s Sake podcast: How could ‘fake news’ impact elections in India?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/for-facts-sake-podcast-fake-news-elections-india/
- Published: 2024-03-28T16:31:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-16T19:23:13.000Z
- Author: Ferret Journalists
- Tags: Politics and power, Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Podcast, Politics, Bangladesh, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, BOOM, Boom fact check, chemtrails, conspiracy theory, Election, fake news, Jency Jacob, misinformation, Modi, Myanmar, Narendra Modi, Whatsapp, For Fact's Sake, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

It’s the final episode of our three-part For Fact’s Sake series on elections.

This week, we are looking at the biggest vote taking place in this election year, in India.

Ali and Paul spoke to Jency Jacob, the managing editor of BOOM, a fact checking organisation based in India and also covering Myanmar and Bangladesh.

He explained the difficulties of fact-checking in an election that covers a billion potential voters, and the types of misinformation that voters in India encounter.

We also have the second of our Conspiracy Dictionary segment, where Ali and Paul discuss chemtrails.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2d/e2/2de2844d-80a7-4c7b-8025-6f1f39724aa6/content/images/2025/10/screenshot-2024-03-28-161008.png)](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/63eb22be-5884-4a54-be26-f70894fb4a8b?ref=theferret.scot)

#### Show notes:

- BOOM fact check’s work is [available here](https://www.boomlive.in/?ref=theferret.scot).
- Follow [Jency Jacob on X here](https://twitter.com/jencyjac?ref=theferret.scot).
- More [chemtrails explanation here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-62240071?ref=theferret.scot).

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