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.

News Reports

Dainik Bhaskar publishes exaggerated amounts as extra cost to air travellers due to closure of Pakistani airspace

OpIndia Staff -
Dainik Bhaskar says daily 70000 air travellers are paying 5 times extra due to the closure of Pakistani airspace
Fact-Check

Swati Chaturvedi spreads fake news yet again, this time about Amit Shah allegedly sleeping in the parliament

OpIndia Staff -
In the past too, Swati Chaturvedi had been caught sharing fake news
Fact-Check

After Imran Khan confuses quote by Rabindranath Tagore for Gibran’s, his special assistant thinks Tendulkar is Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Naeem Ul-Haque, the special assistant to Imran Khan posted a picture of a young cricketer holding his bat up after presumably playing a good inning. Haque captioned that photograph with "PM Imran Khan 1969". 
Fact-Check

BBC’s whitewashing: Paints Sanjiv Bhatt as a ‘whistleblower’ victim while lying about 59 Karsevaks burnt alive by Muslim mob

Nupur J Sharma -
While reporting the ruling in the Sanjiv Bhatt case, BBC not only put out an extremely confused report but also lied profusely about the Godhra case where 59 Karsevaks were brutally burnt alive.
Media

LokSatta and Karan Thapar scolded by Press Council of India for peddling fake news against the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

OpIndia Staff -
While Thapar maintained that his mistake of wrongly attributing quotes to Dr Mohan Bhagwat was bonafide, the PCI has taken a tough stand against Thapar.
Media Fact-Check

Times of India whitewashes Aligarh murder, downplays brutality, blames social media for ‘communal spin’

Nirwa Mehta -
Since AltNews' attempts to whitewash the crimes and downplay the brutality has failed, elements in mainstream media has taken it upon themselves to push the narrative.
Fact-Check

AltNews exposes itself, accuses police officer of lying but won’t pull down ‘fact-check’ based on his quotes

Nupur J Sharma -
Self-proclaimed fact-check website, AltNews had recently tried to dilute the charges of brutality heaped on the 3-year-old victim in Aligarh.
Fact-Check

How media glossed over the fact that dancers were asked to strip at an Eid celebration and not just any ‘cultural event’

OpIndia Staff -
The reportage surrounding this horrific incident in Assam has been nothing short of shameful, to say the least.
Fact-Check

Here is how AltNews fabricated a police quote to downplay the brutality heaped on the Aligarh child victim

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia asked SSP Kulhary whether he gave any statement to AltNews where he denied that the victim's eyes were not gouged out and her arm was not amputated. SSP Kulhary categorically denied having given the statement
Fact-Check

Fact check: Bhojpuri song didn’t rock the streets of London during the Cricket World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
Contrary to the Indian Express report, the dance was part of an event called "Carnival of Cultures" which was held in Berlin from 7-10 June 2019 to celebrate the cultural diversity.
1...444546...72Page 45 of 72

Latest News

Recently Popular