Media Fact-Check

TMC MP Saket Gokhale shares fake news that govt is buying 50 bulletproof Audis costing over Rs 400 crore, gets fact-checked by PIB

TMC MP Saket Gokhale shares fake news by DNA claiming that govt is buying 50 bullet proof Audi cars for the G20 summit

Dainik Bhaskar falsely claims an Indian Air Force plane crashed in Nigeria, later deletes X posts without explanation

Dainik Bhaskar claimed Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Nigeria during rescue operation, deleted posts after rebuttal by PIB Fact Check

BJP dismisses reports that it supported SDPI in Karnataka panchayat polls, says elections not contested on party lines

BJP debunks reports of backing SDPI in Karnataka panchayat polls saying there are no party symbols in panchayat in Karnataka.

Fact Check: Did Morari Bapu say Modi Govt failed? Unravelling misreporting and his actual statements

Media twists comment of Morari Bapu to claim that he said Modi government has failed

SP leader poses as a vegetable vendor who hired bouncers to protect pricey tomatoes, PTI presents it as a real incident

Press Trust of India presents SP leader as a real vegetable vendor who appointed bouncers to protect pricey tomatoes

Fact Check: The Wire peddles lies, claims ‘Pune school Principal thrashed for conducting ‘Dear Lord’ prayers, no CCTV in girls’ washroom’, here is what police say

The WIRE has blatantly claimed in the report that the PI said that Principal Alexander Ried was targeted because of his Christian identity, which is untrue.

7 days after Faizan got arrested in the Muskan suicide case, BBC Hindi is yet to retract their report that blamed her former Hindu partner

Seven days on, it was pointed out on social media today that the BBC was still running the fake news. Soon after, it deleted the news.

Propagandist and serial fake news spreader, Meer Faisal, shares video spreading communal hate against Hindus, Kota police said video 3 years old

Propaganda journalist Meer Faisal promoted three-year-old video to propagate anti-Hindu sentiments and paint Muslims as victims