Abbott defends her fake photo tweet
DIANE ABBOTT, the shadow home secretary, was caught up in a fake news row yesterday after she illustrated a tweet about Syria with a mocked-up image of an Israeli jet bombing Tehran.
The picture, taken from an aviation blog published in 2012, shows an Israeli F-15 jet over the Iranian capital.
Ms Abbott posted the image on Twitter in response to an interview with Penny Mordaunt, the International Development Secretary, on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. Ms Abbott questioned her views on parliamentary democracy.
After being asked by The Daily Telegraph for a comment, Ms Abbott tweeted: “Apparently, my use of this pic is ‘important news’. Yes, UK goes to war without UN approval or even parliamentary debate. But the most important news is what pics I use in a tweet. Pathetic.”