Media

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

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Fact Check: Was Rajasthan IAS officer Tejasvi Rana transferred only for stopping Congress MLA’s car as reported by Times of India?

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2020

Times of India report does not mention that a complaint was filed against the IAS officer for vandalising shops

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‘Surprised that CNN still exists’, says Tesla founder Elon Musk while exposing CNN’s lie that he failed to deliver promised ventilators to California hospitals

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2020

Responding to a CNN report that Tesla didn't deliver the promised ventilators, Elon Musk posted proofs that hospitals received the gifts

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Dear Saba Naqvi, here are 8 things that Hindus would like Muslims to do – for starters

Editorial Desk - 16 April, 2020

Saba Naqvi in her video accused the entire Hindu community of spreading hatred against Muslims while remaining silent on the reprehensible conduct of significant sections of the latter.

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Confessions to the Parish of the People: The Print seems to be apologizing by proxy for its obsessive China coverage

Guest Author - 16 April, 2020

Shekhar Gupta run The Print published 'source based' news about PM Modi being 'unhappy' about Indian Media praising response of China amidst Coronavirus

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Daily Telegraph stops publishing long-running propaganda section funded by China

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2020

Daily Telegraph had been publishing the Chinese state-funded section China Watch for more than a decade now

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Andhra Pradesh: 40 children among coronavirus positive patients, all contracted disease from infected Tablighi Jamaat members in the family, says report

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2020

At least 40 children in the 3-17 years age group have been tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh, as per a report in the Indian Express.

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ABP Majha journalist Rahul Kulkarni arrested over a false report about train services, misleading migrant workers

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2020

The Maharashtra Police believe that the unverified and misleading information ran by ABP Majha may have spurred the migrants staying in Mumbai to defy lockdown and congregate at a mosque outside the Bandra local station.

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Gujarat govt refutes Indian Express’ concocted lies on civil hospital segregating coronavirus patients on a religious basis

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2020

Indian Express claimed that the coronavirus patients and suspected cases have been segregated into separate wards on the basis of their religion at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.

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Times of India ‘journalist’ Samiya Latief wishes PM Modi and HM Amit Shah get infected with coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2020

On Wednesday, Samiya Latief - a Kashmiri 'journalist' working with Times of India, wished that Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah be tested positive for the deadly coronavirus

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