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

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Netizens mock NDTV India Editor Ravish Kumar after Delhi riots shooter Mohammad Shahrukh is arrested

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

NDTV India Editor Ravish Kumar had earlier falsely attributed Anurag Mishra to be the February 24 shooter to shield the real perpetrator- Islamist Mohammad Shahrukh

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Online Change petition filed demanding withdrawal of Padma awards of Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt were conferred with the Padma Shri in 2008 by the then Congress-led UPA government

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Anti-Hindu Delhi riots: The Wire and NDTV whitewash how a Muslim school was used as an attack base by Islamists and how a Hindu...

Nupur J Sharma - 3 March, 2020

Delhi Riots: Hindu owned school was gutted and Muslim owned school was used as a base by Islamists

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Shekhar Gupta publishes a clickbait story attacking BJP ministers’ children over foreign degrees, FM Sitaraman’s daughter ‘fact-checks’ him

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Vangmayi Parakala, a journalist working in The Hindu and the daughter of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, called out Shekhar Gupta's claims with a note.

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Swaraj Express, where molestation accused Vinod Dua hosts a show, uses malicious WSJ report to spread lie about Ankit Sharma’s murder

OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2020

Swaraj Express has used the malicious Wall Street Journal report to claim that Ankit Sharma was murdered by a mob chanting Jai Shri Ram.

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In glorifying the dissenter, there is no need to demonize the supporter: The Media, its hypocrisy and its glaring bias

S. Sudhir Kumar - 2 March, 2020

Since December 2019, the most dominant topic in the English TV and print media in India was the coverage on the CAA-NPR-NRC protests

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Founding Editor of The Wire attends convention to fight ‘truthophobia’ organized by Indian Catholics Press Association

OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2020

MK Venu attended the 25th National Convention of Christian Journalists organized by the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) held at Don Bosco Centre, Okhla, Delhi on Saturday.

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Scroll spreads propaganda on Delhi riots based on tweets by AISA Delhi President, deletes article later: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2020

Delhi riots: Scroll published an article that spread the same propaganda, by quoting the AISA Delhi President

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Ravish Kumar bunny hops from one narrative to another in a desperate attempt to defend colleague Vishnu Som seen with “Laden” doll on his...

Dibakar Dutta - 1 March, 2020

Even after Vishnu Son accepted that he has an Osama Bin Laden doll, Ravish Kumar claimed it was Photoshopped by 'IT Cell', later edits post without apology

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