Media

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

Media

Left-wing outlet The Hindu kneels before Chinese money, puts full-page advertorial celebrating 100 years of Communist Party of China

Shashank Bharadwaj - 1 July, 2021

The Hindu has published multiple editorials praising Xi Jinping and the CCP, not to mention full page advertorials paid for by the Chinese.

Media

Sikh girl conversion row: How The Quint created confusion regarding the girl’s age and quietly changed report once proofs emerged

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2021

While The Quint claimed that age of abducted Sikh girl Manpreet Kaur was 28, it changed that to 18 after documents of the girl emerged

News Reports

Parliamentary panel headed by Shashi Tharoor seeks written explanation from Twitter about RS Prasad’s account lock

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2021

In the absence of a satisfactory answer from Twitter, the Committee headed by Shashi Tharoor can summon an official.

World

US Justice Department takes down 36 Iranian websites from Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union and KH: Read full details

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2021

On June 22, the United States Justice Department took down 36 Iranian websites for violating the sanctions issued by the US.

News Reports

Cleric called ‘priest’, image of Hindu man offering Puja used by NY Post in report where Muslim Maulvi got his penis chopped by wife

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2021

The cleric, Maulvi Vakil Ahmed, was bobbitised after his wife learnt that he wanted to marry for the third time.

Law

Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim relief to Quint over non-compliance of IT Rules after Centre had sent notices

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2021

Delhi High Court refused to grant interim relief to Quint from action by the Centre over non-compliance to the newly amended IT Rules, 2021.

Media

‘Charampanthi nahin aatankwadi’: Netizens correct BBC for watering down terror attack

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2021

BBC referred to the terrorists who killed the former SPO of J&K and his wife in a terror attack on Sunday evening as 'charampanthi' (extremist)

Media

Propaganda outlet Alt News now uses ‘fact-check’ to discredit video that exposed AAP’s hypocrisy on ad spends

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2021

When people associated with Alt News are not busy sharing fake news about 'hate crimes' that could flare up communal tension in India, the propaganda outlet 'fact-checks' memes

Media

Former NDTV Editor accused of plagiarism by K-drama podcasters

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2021

The theme of the video was similar to that of the podcast of 'Crash Landed on Kdramas'. Talwar, too, had cited several examples, that matched the ones of the podcasters.

Law