Social Media Fact-Check

Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.

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.
Fact-Check

Fact check: Viral video of ‘robbery attempt’ in Noida was a stunt being performed for a YouTube channel

OpIndia Staff -
Noida police have clarified that the video was shot by a group of friends for their Youtube channel
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'
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
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
Opinions

Stung by Rajiv Gandhi’s corruption and incompetence being debated, Congress resorts to spreading abhorrent fake news on PM Modi

Sanghamitra -
Since PM Modi brought up Rajiv Gandhi's name into play, a pandora's box has been opened, and many skeletons that were buried deep in Congress' closet are out in the open to haunt the party.
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