ClaimsSteven Pinker

“Modi, writing for Russians, extolls (however hypocritically) democracy, peace, econ growth, univ. humanism.”

Steven Pinker, posting on X 30 December 2022 Post by @sapinker on X, 2022-12-30 (X)

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Writing for Russian readers, Indian PM Narendra Modi extolled, however hypocritically in Pinker's view, democracy, peace, economic growth and universal humanism.

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Steven Pinker, “Writing for Russian readers, Indian PM Narendra Modi extolled, however hypocritically in Pinker's view, democracy, peace, economic growth and universal humanism.” (said 30 December 2022). Verdict: research failed. Reliability API, claim c_a02df05ac2fe, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a02df05ac2fe

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