Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

News Reports

From ‘died in accident’ to ‘hacked to death’: How TOI reported the same news about RSS worker’s murder in different editions

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2021

Times of India reported alleged murder of RSS worker by SDFI goons in Kerala as accident in Mumbai and Tamil Nadu editions.

News Reports

‘Only Muslims are being arrested in India, RSS and Mossad creating wars in Muslim countries’: Bizarre claims in news debate about spitting on food

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2021

Political analyst Masood Hashmi alleged that under PM Modi and CM Yogi only Muslims are being arrested for such crimes.

Law

‘Parody is supposed to be creative’: Delhi HC tells Newslaundry hurting someone’s reputation cannot be allowed under freedom of speech

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

The Delhi High Court has slammed Newslaundry, saying one cannot be allowed to ruin another's reputation citing FoS.

World

Facebook fact-checker’s ‘fact-check’ comes back to haunt it: How Politifact peddled leftist propaganda about Kyle Rittenhouse

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

Facebook's fact-checker Politifact had termed posts that said it was legal for Kyle Rittenhouse to possess a weapon as false.

Opinions

Tu agar jhooth bhi bole toh, aitbaar karun – How love for liberalism makes one blind to lies

Nirwa Mehta - 16 November, 2021

Tripura incident has again brought to the fore that the absolutely brazen behaviour of shooting from the hip and shrugging off responsibility of actions is a trick as old as time.

News Reports

‘Environmentalist’ who whined about air pollution on Diwali defends stubble burning saying it happens only for 2-3 weeks

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

'Environmentalist' Jha said that to blame stubble burning as the major cause of air pollution in Delhi is incorrect because it happens for only 2-3 weeks. However, Jha had very vocally blamed one evening of Diwali celebrations for the pollution in Delhi.

News Reports

Loksatta glorifies slain Maoist terrorist Milind Teltumbde, calls his life “exciting and interesting”

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2021

Milind Teltumbde was amongst the 26 Naxals killed in the Gadchiroli encounter with elite C-60 commando force on Saturday

News Reports

Tripura Police detains 2 HW News journalists for publishing fake news to spread communal violence

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2021

Tripura Police detained two HW News journalists for spreading fake news of mosque vandalism in the state. False news of vandalism has been used to spread riots and vandalism in Maharashtra.

News Reports