Media Fact-Check

When the Media lies, it takes away the people’s right to know. The only way to reclaim that right is to catch them in the act.

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‘Journalist’ Puneet Kumar Singh claims a Hindu man’s shop was vandalised by ‘Bhagwa goons’ in Nuh assuming that the shop was owned by a...

Shraddha Pandey - 2 August, 2023

Several videos and "claims" associated with them are making their way online from the violence-hit Nuh region of Haryana.

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

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2023

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

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

Paurush Gupta - 9 July, 2023

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

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

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2023

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.

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

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2023

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.

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

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2023

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

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The claim of missing ₹500 notes: Exclusive details of how data from documents obtained under RTI was misinterpreted and ignored to make an explosive...

Raju Das - 22 June, 2023

The Free Press Journal claim that 1760.65 million pieces of ₹500 notes supplied by presses in 2016-17 is wrong, based on misinterpretation of data

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Chickenpox highlighted as dreaded smallpox: How mainstream media spreads misinformation

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2023

Many media outlets recently spread misinformation by calling Chickenpox as Smallpox.

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Gujarat: ‘The attack on 2 persons from Nagaland not a hate crime but business rivalry’, says Ahmedabad police, assures strict action

Lincoln Sokhadia - 7 June, 2023

Mainstream media peddled that the people from Nagaland were attacked in Gujarat because they were outsiders. In fact, it was a case of business rivalry.

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