Media

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

News Reports

DD’s live coverage of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan watched by over 160 million people, garnered over 7 billion viewing minutes across channels in India

OpIndia Staff - 8 August, 2020

Preliminary viewership data suggest that more than 160 million people watched the live broadcast of the 'Bhoomi Pujan' event of Ram Mandir

News Reports

Delhi Police responds to article on Delhi anti-Hindu riots, asks if ToI is trying to influence investigation and expects police to take guidance from...

OpIndia Staff - 8 August, 2020

Times of India had published an editorial in which it went on to castigate Delhi Police for its investigation into anti-CAA protests and the subsequent riots

Media

The Wire claims ‘activist’ Rehana Fathima should be celebrated and not punished for posting video of her children painting on her nude body

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2020

The Wire in an article claimed that the perverse actions of Rehana Fathima ought to be celebrated and not punished.

Media

Even as minor girl gets rape threats, co-founder of AltNews justifies doxxing her to intimidate the grandfather

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2020

We had reported earlier, that just because the Twitter user had countered the co-founder of AltNews, Zubair, he had resorted to sharing an image with of the Twitter user with his granddaughter in an attempt to intimidate him.

Media

From being bigoted, kids are ‘hope of secularism’. The Wire’s Rohini Singh explains how

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2020

The Wire journalist Rohini Singh on Wednesday took to Twitter to share an image wherein she claimed that her child drew a mosque and a temple side by side and wrote an essay on tolerance.

News Reports

The Wire shares article citing discredited ‘experts’ to falsely claim older mosques existed beneath the Babri structure, not a temple

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2020

The Wire cites 'experts' who had claimed no temple was found below Babri Masjid, but they were not present during ASI digging

Social Media

Shekhar Gupta remembers how Gujarat edition of India Today had to be shut down after their Hindu-shaming coverage of Ayodhya movement

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2020

Gupta has shared that after their cover story called the demolition of the disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi as a 'national shame', the readership drastically decreased, and they were flooded with protest letters.

News Reports

From ‘nothing new about Shilanyas’ to ‘I will not find Ram there’, Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya triggers a meltdown...

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2020

The liberal intelligentsia is having a hard time digesting the fact that the dream of millions of Hindus of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is finally turning into a reality

Politics