Media Outlets Fall For CGI Video Showing Statue Of Virat Kohli At Times Square
By Hazel Gandhi Several media outlets including News18 and The Indian Express fell for a CGI (computer generated imagery) video of Virat Kohli's statue at Times Square and reported it as a real incident. BOOM found that the video has been created using CGI as part of an advertisement for Duroflex, a mattress company represented by Kohli. Virat Kohli is part of the Indian Men's cricket team, led by captain Rohit Sharma, which has been competing at the ICC T20 World Cup being hosted in the US and West Indies. On June 27, India beat England by 68 runs to qualify for the finals taking place on Jun...