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Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam was the target of a vicious social media backlash.
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Dr Nimo Yadav, a verified parody account from India, posted images showing a man who looked just like Babar Aazm having sex with a girl.
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Within hours, media outlets began to attack Babar Azam's tweet without verifying its authenticity.
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Babar Azam sexting and promising her BF that she won't be excluded from the team if he keeps sexting her." This is a shameful act.
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Babar Azam was quickly retaliated on by media outlets, and even global media outlets joined the fray.
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Many fans claimed that the scandal was part a campaign to denigrate Babar Azam who had been under criticism for his poor performance on the field.
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A few Twitter users claimed that the tweet was fake, and that the person resembled Babar Azam.
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The parody account added another tweet: "What's wrong with Babar Azam dating four girls at once and promising everyone for the marriage?
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After multiple media outlets covered it, one even invited a Pakistani journalist for comment. However, the parody account proved that it was all false.
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He wrote, "What a clown media have we," and telecasted a show that was based on his satirical tweet.
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He made nasty accusations against Babar Azam and did not verify the source of the news (me). He pointed to the news channel and said: "This was fake." "Please apologise to Babar.
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