Ketum PBNU Said Aqil Called In And Dibabtis In Church, Let's Check The Facts!

JAKARTA - Social media is again horrendous with the latest news of the Chairman of the General Executive of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), KH Said Aqil Siradj. The Facebook account of The Son of Knights shared a video link with the narration "LATEST NEWS ~SAID AQIL ON BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF JESUS IN GREJA~!!! LATEST NEWS."

The video was shared on Saturday, May 10 today. Search results as quoted from medcom.id, links taken from YouTube upload, CYBER UMMAT.  The 13-minute, 17-second video was uploaded on April 13, 2021.

"The claim that the video shows Ketum PBNU KH Said Aqil Siradj baptized, is false. In fact, the video was a visit said pascaledakan in front of the Cathedral Church, Makassar, South Sulawesi," Medcom wrote as quoted today.

News of Said Aqil's visit to Makassar Church was also published by several national media. One of them is Rakyatku.com on April 17, 2021. According to Said Aqil, a visit to Makassar Cathedral Church to offer his condolences.

"I am here solely to join in expressing my condolences for the suicide bombing at the cathedral church last week," Said said as reported by Rakyatku.com, Sunday, April 11, 2021.

This information falls into the category of false connection type hoaks. The most obvious feature in observing this type of content is the discovery of titles that are different from the content of the news.

"This type of content is usually uploaded to profit in the form of profit or overpublishing of sensational content."