Media

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

Social Media

Nervous Omar Abdullah rues his ‘secret chat’ with journalist getting leaked, journalist who leaked it blames ‘Twitter’

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2019

Amidst the tension around the troops deployment in Kashmir and cancellation of Amarnath Yatra, Omar Abdullah laments over his journalist friend leaking his Twitter DMs.

Fact-Check

Godhra ‘hate crime’ lie already busted, but mainstream media outlets do not bother to update their news

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2019

Godhra SP Leena Patil had stated yesterday that the incident was a result of a quarrel between two groups and no communal angle was involved.

News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai alleges that government’s J&K advisory is a smokescreen to shift spotlight away from the state of economy

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2019

Rajdeep Sardesai has cast aspersions on the government's move of issuing an advisory to the tourists in JK to return as soon as possible

Media

Bulandshahr Police arrests News Nation journalist Nadeem Khan over allegations of extortion

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2019

The police says the the two have also submitted audio and video evidences on basis of which Nadeem was arrested.

Opinions

Murder of Gopal, the Gaurakshak, is a tragedy, a gruesome crime, unfortunately, one that ‘elites’ couldn’t care less about

K Bhattacharjee - 1 August, 2019

On Monday evening, Gopal from Haryana was shot dead by cattle smugglers. Gopal is survived by three daughters.

Sports

I never said that I urge IOA not to shun CWG, Nation comes first: PV Sindhu slams TOI journalist for attributing wrong statement to...

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2019

The Indian Olympic Association has proposed to boycott the Commonweath Games 2020 after shooting was dropped from the list of sports

Fact-Check

Vox joins the bandwagon of fake news peddlers, uses dubious IndiaSpend data to allege ‘violent rise of cow-vigilantism’, blames Modi and Yogi

K Bhattacharjee - 30 July, 2019

Titled 'The violent rise of India's cow vigilantes', Vox uses selective data and undue fearmongering to peddle a predecided false narrative.

News Reports

Faith under siege: Media projects Kanwariyas as ‘hooligans’, but here are 7 attacks on Kanwariyas that media doesn’t outrage about

OpIndia Staff - 30 July, 2019

While outlets like Times Now, Business Standard, CNN-News18 etc are hell-bent of painting Kanwariyas as hooligans, here are 7 instances when Kanwariyas were brutally attacked, but the media at large, chose to maintain silence

Media