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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Pakistani media invents a fictitious Imran Khan – Vladimir Putin meeting at a fictitious dinner hosted by Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani media says Imran Khan met Vladimir Putin in New York during UNGA, but Putin has skipped UNGA
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Editors Guild of India erroneously mentions Telangana instead of Andhra Pradesh while criticising YSR Congress government

OpIndia Staff -
The Editors Guild condemned the action taken by what it erroneously mentioned as 'YSR-Congress led Telangana government' instead of Andhra Pradesh.
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Media spreads lies that Azamgarh school girl who was raped in a moving car has been suspended from her school

OpIndia Staff -
The two accused in the gang rape case were arrested by the Azamgarh Police on Monday, one day after victim’s father filed an FIR
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No, PM Modi didn’t really try to interfere in US elections, here is why he said “Abki baar Trump sarkar”

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leaders and other media houses scrambled together to spread lies that PM Modi endorsed President Trump for the 2020 US Presidential elections.
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Tulsi Gabbard punctures fake news spread by ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub and others about Howdy Modi event

OpIndia Staff -
The US Presidential candidate for 2020, Tulsi Gabbard, today took to Twitter to call out the lies being spread by a shady organisation 'Organisation for minorities in India (OFMI)'
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Kannada media spreads fake news, accuses Nirmala Sitaraman of ‘giving’ Mysorepak to Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
No one had expected that a huge controversy would erupt over the issue of Mysore Pak, which originated in Mysuru during the rule of Wodeyar dynasty.
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The Wire uses 2015 survey and laces it with lies to say mental health issues on the rise in Kashmir post abrogation of Article...

Nupur J Sharma -
The Wire on 14th September 2019 published an article headlined, "Ground Report: Kashmir Blackout Is Triggering a New Wave of Mental Health Issues".
News Reports

ABP, ET, Quint, Outlook and others spread fake news about Raghuram Rajan slamming Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Media use parody account to claim Raghuram Rajan slammed Piyush Goyal
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‘Journalist’ Abhisar Sharma spreads fake news by morphing images to target other journalist, deletes after getting caught

OpIndia Staff -
Despite resorting to peddling outright lies on other journalists, Abhisar Sharma has not apologised yet for spreading fake news.
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NDTV uses old video to claim riders without helmets are walking with two-wheelers to avoid enhanced penalty after 1st September

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV says an old video shows people using innovative ways to avoid excessive fines after new traffic rules came into effect
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