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Media

Shekhar Gupta’s The Print pronounces punishment for the convicted in Kathua case even before the court does

OpIndia Staff -
In one of its reports, the Print, which has a habit of distorting facts, proclaimed the judgement even before the honourable court did. The court is scheduled to deliver the sentence this afternoon at 2 PM.
Media Fact-Check

How AltNews tried to whitewash crimes of Zahid and Aslam who killed a 3-year-old in Aligarh

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews even claimed OpIndia's previous report which mentioned amputation of the child's body was 'fake'
Media Fact-Check

Delhi Police rubbishes media reports claiming a car hit 17 people offering Namaz on Eid

Aditi -
Media reports of 17 people being injured in the incident have been categorically denied by the Delhi police.
Culture and History

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint distorts history: Claims Mughals introduced grapes to India, social media schools the author

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Grapes have been part of Indian cuisine centuries before the Mughals invaded India
Fact-Check

Surat fire tragedy: Claims of victim’s father rejecting compensation are fake news

OpIndia Staff -
The viral Facebook post was lapped up by many social media users and even mainstream media reports had peddled the claim. But the claims turned out to be fake.
Social Media Fact-Check

Fake news: Majlis Bachao Tehreek leader spreads fake news of a Muslim man being beaten up by BJP/RSS workers for not chanting ‘Jai Shree...

OpIndia Staff -
Suddenly a barrage of fake 'hate crimes' against Muslims asked to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' are being reported
Fact-Check

Media spreads fake news: Hawker arrested for being a repeat offender, not for mocking politicians ‘especially PM Modi’

OpIndia Staff -
Awadhesh Dubey was arrested by RPF Surat on the charges of illegal hawking, but could get bail on Monday.
Fact-Check

Congress shares fake news about Amethi BJP worker murder case, UP Police promises legal action, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police has said that Congress is lying by saying that UP DGP said Smriti Irani's aide was killed due to rivalry in parrty
Social Media Fact-Check

Times Group’s Gujarati portal and Gujarati newspaper Sandesh spread fake news about ‘glitch’ in Ahmedabad metro

OpIndia Staff -
The 'glitch' in the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad metro was a mock drill and the 'stranded passengers' were GMRC employees
Media

India Today’s Lallantop ‘fact checks’ a 9 month-old satirical article, calls it ‘authentic’ report

OpIndia Staff -
The satirical article shared by the Fauxy was a humorous dig at the Blogger boom
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