Media

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

Media

As Hindus get massacred in Bangladesh, NYT contextualises brutality by calling it ‘revenge attack’, changes headline after outrage by Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 8 August, 2024

The New York Times attempted to push the narrative that Hindus are under attack in Bangladesh because they supported Sheikh Hasina's party. Changed headline of report after backlash.

Opinions

‘Scroll’ defends targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh: From ‘inevitable aftermath of uprising’ to blaming ‘Hindutva’ and ‘they were Awami supporters’

Nupur J Sharma - 8 August, 2024

Hindus are being massacred in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the coup, but for the Scroll, is it merely an obvious consequence of revolution

Media

TheWire’s Arfa Khanum Sherwani and US citizen Siddharth Varadarajan dismiss anti-Hindus attacks in Bangladesh: Whitewashing, defense of Jamaat, ISI and China

Anurag - 6 August, 2024

The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan basically claimed that the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh was a figment of the "right wing" imagination

Media

BBC removes 2018 promotional video featuring Axel Rudakubana who stabbed 3 girls to death in Southport

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2024

BBC, deleted a 2018 Children in Need promotional video from its websites when it was revealed that the video featured the teenager accused of murdering three girls in Southport.

News Reports

The Wire’s Arfa Khanum, who wanted Nupur Sharma jailed, replaces Shivling with dustbin in iconic photo: Read how her blatant Hinduphobia aligns with PFI...

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2024

Arfa Khanum Sherwani, who accused Nupur Sharma of committing blasphemy and insulting Prophet Muhammad, was seen casually replacing Shivling with a dustbin in a tweet on Thursday (1st August).

News Reports

‘Don’t know about you but I have self-respect’: Shazia Ilmi blasts Rajdeep Sardesai for defending cameramen who filmed her inappropriately

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2024

Shazia Ilmi had left the primetime debate of Rajdeep Sardesai half-way after he asked to cut off the mic of the BJP spokesperson. Despite this, the cameraman kept filming without her consent.

Opinions

Innocence exploited – How NewsLaundry lied and defamed Hindu activist Bittu Bajrangi, who spoke to them in good faith

Anurag - 23 July, 2024

Newslaundry tried its best to claim that Bittu Bajrangi was a 'prime accused' in the Nuh violence - which ia patently false

News Reports

Media reports highlighting high number of ‘zero dose children’ in India paint an incomplete picture of the country’s immunization efforts: Health Ministry

ANI - 18 July, 2024

Union Health Ministry has clarified that media reports claiming India having high number of ‘zero dose children’ is misleading

News Reports

Victim blaming, intellectual dishonesty and complete lack of empathy: ‘The Hindu’ follows global Left in downplaying assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Dibakar Dutta - 16 July, 2024

Though a late entrant in this game of whitewashing, The Hindu made it clear that it will not fall far behind its global counterparts in peddling agenda in the name of news editorial.

News Reports